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Grinding gathers momentum for coordination polymers
It is a fairly common assumption that the sample you are characterising is the same sample that you made at the lab bench. While it may indeed be the same sample, it may not be the same structure as...
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The first direct metalation of indazoles
Paul Knochel from the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich has developed a method to directly metalate and then functionalise N-protected indazoles. Indazole heterocycles are important molecules in...
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Instant ecstasy detector
An on the spot detector for ecstasy tablets has been made by scientists in Spain. The probe has been designed to detect the active ingredient in ecstasy – MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) –...
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Building a nation of scientists
Goverdhan Mehta talks to Sheena Elliott and Elinor Richards about the progress of science in India and the challenges scientists face Goverdhan Mehta is a researcher, specialising in organic synthesis....
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Free analytical content in ChemComm
The ChemComm–RSC Prizes & Awards Symposium takes place at Imperial College London on 22nd February 2012 with the theme of (bio)analytical science. This is ChemComm‘s first UK-based symposium and...
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First total synthesis of mucosin
Southampton chemists, lead by Richard Whitby, have completed the first total synthesis of the marine metabolite mucosin. As the synthesis is enantioselective (they made the (+) enantiomer), the team...
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Reminder: ChemComm–RSC Prizes & Awards Symposium in London
Don’t miss out on the ChemComm–RSC Prizes & Awards Symposium in association with the RSC Analytical Division! Date: Wednesday 22nd February 2012 Location: Imperial College London, UK Time:...
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Top ten most accessed articles in January
This month sees the following articles in ChemComm that are in the top ten most accessed:- Transition-metal-free highly chemo- and regioselective arylation of unactivated arenes with aryl halides over...
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DNAzyme logic-controlled biofuel cell for self-powered biosensors
US scientists have made the first DNAzyme-controlled biofuel cell, an important step on the road to self-powered medical diagnostics, they claim. Biofuel cells (BFCs) use enzymes or microbes to...
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RSC Publishing poster prizes awarded at ISMSC
Congratulations to the following students who were awarded ChemComm, Dalton Transactions and Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry poster prizes at the 2012 International Symposium on Macrocyclic and...
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