Understanding the stereoelectronic effects that govern selectivity in C(sp3)–H bond functionalization reactions is essential to develop efficient catalytic systems. We have curated a dataset of bromop...

The structural design of molecular machines and motors endows them with externally controlled directional motion at the molecular scale. Their further ...

Non-covalent interactions between organocatalyst molecules can change catalytic behaviour, leading to changes in reaction rates and selectivities. This Review discusses how to identify such interactio...

Non-covalent interactions between organocatalyst molecules can change catalytic behaviour, leading to changes in reaction rates and selectivities. This Review discusses how to identify such interactio...

Magnetic stirrers, the most widely used and ubiquitous devices for performing chemical reactions in laboratory settings, may cause reproducibility problems. Reproducibility in a range of chemical proc...

Supramolecular chemistry is a rapidly evolving field that has focused on building a foundation of fundamental understanding in controlling molecular self-assembly, through the use of non-covalent inte...

Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry

We present a pivotal advancement in networked molecular machinery by integrating chemical-fuel-driven communication and catalysis. When the self-sorted system of a zinc hexacyclen, a silver(I)-loaded....

We find there to be no significant difference between the inductive effects of four representative alkyl groups as determined by Hirshfeld charge analysis. The use of alkyl group electronegativity val...

Luminescent emitters based on lanthanide ions are of ubiquitous importance in the biological sciences, but typically need sensitisation from a covalently attached adjacent chromophore – an “antenna” ....

Autonomous energy consumption is the only way to introduce molecular motors into more sophisticated, larger systems, capable of life-like behavior. We reviewed a selection of the most recent advances...

World authority on chemistry nomenclature aims to clean up molecular machine terminology

A transporter for a directional macrocycle transport, release and recapture was constructed. This was achieved using a rotaxane featuring a dibenzo-24-crown-8 macrocycle, dibenzylammonium (DBA)/methy...

The 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Chemistry) takes place from 29 June to 4 July 2025. #LINO25 welcomes around 35 Nobel Laureates in Lindau. They will exchange ideas with more than 600 Young ..

Halogen bonding has been established as a promising tool in organocatalysis. Asymmetric processes are nevertheless scarce, and their applications are limited to a few studies applying chiral halogen b...

A novel approach is presented for the quantification of catalytic activity of acid catalysts used in homogeneous general acid catalysis, based on the …

Multidentate neutral halogen bonding catalysts based on iodinated icosahedral ortho-carborane moieties are introduced. Co-crystallization-studies, calorimetric measurements, and 1H NMR titrations dem...

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We identified a CoA-transferase and an acyl-CoA dehydrogenase involved in converting 2-(carboxymethyl)cyclohexane-1-carboxyl-CoA during anaerobic naphthalene degradation. This confirms the thn gene c...

We identified a CoA-transferase and an acyl-CoA dehydrogenase involved in converting 2-(carboxymethyl)cyclohexane-1-carboxyl-CoA during anaerobic naphthalene degradation. This confirms the thn gene c...