Scale ranks reactivity of fluorinating reagents
System established by measuring how quickly electrophilic fluorinating reagents react with a common set of nucleophiles
Inorganic molecule mimics odd benzene isomer
Zwitterionic boron–nitrogen compound has σ bond between two π orbitals
Remote controlled self-optimising flow synthesis
Online interface could allow virtual sharing of complex kit, and enable simple improvement of reaction conditions
Plasmonic photocatalysts flatten reaction barriers
Light-driven reactions under mild conditions made possible with metal plasmonic nanoparticles
Phosphorus plays surprising role in halogen bond
Rare halogen bond featuring phosphine
Machine learning behind beta boron bonding breakthrough
Study resolves long-standing uncertainty over structure of boron
First persistent monosubstituted carbene created
Clever structural design enables room-temperature isolation of highly reactive molecule
Molecular archery allows chemists to see how bonds form
Scientists shoot the world’s smallest projectiles – individual molecules – and use them to study how reactions happen
Rules to distinguish between tetrel and hydrogen bonds
Quantum calculations reveal subtle but significant geometric differences
Chunky catalyst mimics enzyme to tackle tough reactions
Tricky Diels–Alder reactions or Mukaiyama aldol additions – a bulky chiral catalyst can do them all by squeezing substrates into its chiral pocket
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Exotic amino acids made easy with radicals
Stereoselective radical coupling to rival classic Strecker synthesis for easy access to unusual amino acids
Metal crystals reveal long-held secret behind their ultrafast growth
Hidden pre-organisation means supercooled silver crystals can grow at a rate of up to 100 metres per second
Simple propeller molecule builds complex porous material
Symmetric compound self-assembles into holey lattice that can self-heal and store gases
The nuclear option
Medical mass spec
Derek Barton and shape-shifting molecules
150 years of helium
Introducing mechanochemistry
Glass: the chemist’s best friend
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Gold rush for lignin conversion
Catalytic breakthrough surrounding the notoriously difficult oxidative depolymerisation of lignin could make cellulosic ethanol biofuels commercially viable
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Superacid helps scientists solve protonated white phosphorus structure
Findings set to fuel phosphorus activation research
Hydrogen bonds help porphyrin bend aromaticity rules
Molecule undergoes unprecedented topology switch from Möbius aromatic to Hückel anti-aromatic when immersed in polar solvent
Macrocycles power up carbon nanotubes
Interlocked molecules tune the electronic properties of nanotubes, allowing researchers to control their catalytic activity
Beryllium double bond predicted
Proposed Be–Be bond would be first double bond between s block elements using only π electrons
Chemists weave granny and triple trefoil knots
Interwoven grids folded into mechanically interlocked molecules, including a super-coiled three-trefoil
Serrated tail helps microrobot push enormous load
3D-printed catalytic channels furnish microrobot with enough strength to steer object 6500 times its own weight
Electrochromic devices reinvented with hydrogel layer
Simplified system could find use in smart windows and rewritable displays
Atomic Eiffel tower looms over quantum computing landscape
Many-atom arrays may become ideal quantum simulators for chemical systems
Algorithm decides on chemical compromises when optimising self-driving experiments
Greek mythology inspires machine-learning approach
Alkaline earth carbonyls break the rules
Complexes of Ca, Sr and Ba adopt a transition metal-like 18-electron configuration, rather than the octet more usually found in main group compounds
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