Crystal structure predictions get real with accurate calculations that will aid pharma
Characterisation engine could help drug companies avoid costly mistakes like those that hit Aids drug ritonavir
Plasma–microdroplet fusion enables catalyst-free amine alkylations
Microdroplet chemistry improves selectivity of plasma-mediated alkylation reactions
Fleeting phenomenon of water autoionisation pinned down by neural network simulations
Modelling sheds light on a process that has been known for over a century but was tricky to understand
Secrets of the purple smoke of first high explosive created by alchemists revealed
Microscopy study uncovers why fulminating gold releases colourful fumes
Elusive crystals provide structural evidence of global aromaticity in a macrocyclic hydrocarbon
Reduced forms of [24]paracyclophanetetraene provide fresh understanding of redox-based aromaticity switching
Scientists may have detected exotic nitrogen-9 isotope
Nuclei would be the first to decay by the emission of five protons
New silicon-based protecting group removable with blue light
Benzoyldiisopropylchlorosilane protects primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols, and also works alongside other protecting groups
Flip-flopping aromaticity breaks fluorescence rule
Azulene switches between anti-aromaticity and aromaticity in its excited states, offering an explanation for why it doesn’t follow Kasha’s rule
New insights into polyamorphism could influence how drugs are formulated
Findings suggest dihedral angle distribution might explain why polyamorphs have different physical properties
‘Most slippery surface ever’ inspired by new understanding of surface roughness
Modelling and measurements reveal surprising ways slipperiness develops
Activating a chemical reaction by ‘flipping a switch’
A low-cost microfluidic reactor could cut the environmental footprint of synthesis by directing electrons via an external electric field
Carbon’s anti-aromatic allotrope is ringing the changes
The first synthesis of an anti-aromatic ring of pure carbon using atom manipulation
Ciss effect observed in an isolated molecule for the first time
Researchers track spin filtration phenomenon in standalone chiral molecules
The mechanical side of bonding
Reaching into the non-covalent toolbox
When a bond gets too extreme
The archaeologists saving Africa’s ironworking heritage
Medical uses for silk
The quantum dot story
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Unexpected oscillations clarify mechanism of 100 year-old Fischer–Tropsch reaction
Discovery could pave the way to improved design of catalysts
Long-lived excited states open the door to earth-abundant metal photocatalysts
New findings show that cobalt (III) complexes can catalyse reactions not previously thought possible
Electrophilic aromatic bromination study casts doubt on textbook intermediate
New computational evidence that electrophilic aromatic bromination actually occurs via an addition–elimination mechanism
Lasers and lithium team up for ammonia production at ambient conditions
A pioneering method uses lasers and lithium salts to fix nitrogen with record-breaking yields
MOFs offer safer solution for handling fluorinated gases that can ‘tame the tiger’
Compounds vital in medicinal chemistry and imaging can be stored ready to use at room temperature
Encapsulation drives visible light isomerisation in azobenzene photoswitch
Efficiency and selectivity of photoswitches boosted by confining light-sensitive structures into supramolecular capsules
Instanton theory extended to describe quantum tunnelling through a conical intersection
Quantum pathfinding cuts computational burden and offers fresh insights
Doubly oxidised carbene tests the limits of the octet rule
Removal of two non-bonding electrons creates four-electron intermediate that could find use in synthesis
Ancient Roman glass fragment changed from green to gold over time
Photonic crystals developed naturally on 2000-year-old artefact
Transformation analysis reveals structural similarities in FDA-approved drugs
Reaction informatics tools combined to create a new method for mapping chemical space
‘Transformative’ carbonyl cross-metathesis used to synthesise alkenes
Two new catalytic methods can produce a broad range of Z- and E-alkenes with remarkable cross-selectivity, paving the way for more efficient organic syntheses