Chemical Science

Have you seen this new HOT article in Chemical Science? "When carbonyls beat aromaticity: An additive framework for predicting tautomeric preferences" by Lucas Araujo, Felipe Fantuzzi, Pierre M. Esteves and Thiago M. Cardozo. Read this exciting new research for free here: doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

Have you seen this new HOT article in Chemical Science? "When carbonyls beat aromaticity: An additive framework for predicting tautomeric preferences" by Lucas Araujo, Felipe Fantuzzi, Pierre M. Esteves and Thiago M. Cardozo. Read this exciting new research for free here: doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

HOT in Chemical Science! "Emergent integration of the amine scrubbing method into photocatalytic CO2 reduction" by Naoki Hosokawa, Shunya Uno, Hiroharu Watanabe, Osamu Ishitani. ❗Captured atmospheric CO₂ is converted directly to formic acid at room temperature 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

🔥HOT🔥 new research in Chemical Science: "Heme sequestration and signaling in molecular condensates" by Ananya Mishra, Andrea E. Gallio, Emma L. Raven, Avinash J. Patil, Stephen Mann. 👉 Membraneless droplets support competitive heme sensing and logic 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

check out a recent review by the Mehta group highlight advancements in Zintl chemistry in small molecule activation and catalysis. Now published in @chemicalscience.rsc.org . Congrats to Bono and John! Thanks to @erc.europa.eu and @ukri.org. pubs.rsc.org/sc/article/d...

The inside front cover of Chemical Science Issue 40 is from Bo Zhang and colleagues. Their cover highlights their paper "Stereosynthesis of stationary phase with precision defined separation selectivity" which you can read for free here: doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

New HOT research from Haichao Liu and colleagues 🎉 🔥"Oxygen-responsive high-efficiency orange-red room-temperature phosphorescence from chalcogen-containing dibenzo[a,c]phenazine foldamers" 🔥 Read for free here: doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

New and HOT in Chemical Science! 🔥 "Synthesis and structure of the mercury hydride compound, [TismPriBenz]HgH: a complete series of congeneric terminal hydride compounds of zinc, cadmium and mercury" by Matthew Hammond, Josef D. Daniels and Gerard Parkin. 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

Issue 40 of Chemical Science is here! 🎉 This week's front cover is from Eric Schwegler, Ute A. Hellmich et al. and showcases their paper "Inhibitor fluorination pattern modulates protein surface dynamics and chemically induced dimerization". Read the work at: doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

Thank you so much to Giacomo Crisenza and Guanqi Qiu for publishing your report on the highlights of the 59th Bürgenstock Conference in Chemical Science Journal! Read all the highlights here: doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

Ouchan‘s work on phosphine oxide interactions with HF and HBF4 to enable the hydrofluorination of alkynes is now out in @chemicalscience.rsc.org! doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

📈 Trending in Chemical Science! “Exploring chemical space for iridium(iii) complexes: a direct-to-biology (D2B) approach to identifying anticancer and antibacterial agents” by Timothy Kench, Heather J. Kulik, and Ramon Vilar et al. Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

📈 Trending in Chemical Science! “One-dimensional covalent organic frameworks with spatially separated electron–hole distributions for dual-channel charge transfer to enhance photocatalytic H2O2 production” by Guo-Fang Jiang, Yubin Fu and Xin Zhao et al. Read it free here: doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

Metal-free CO2 fixation: conversion of epoxides to cyclic carbonates by a highly efficient bifunctional boron-tethered N-heterocyclic nitrenium catalyst ( @chemicalscience.rsc.org ): pubs.rsc.org/sc/article/d... ( @mondal_reetu ; @RahulIISc21 ).

New HOT article from Professor Stefan Matile and colleagues in Chemical Science! "Traceless trimethyl-lock translators for thiol-mediated uptake of native proteins as covalent constructs" Traceless TMU translators enable efficient cytosolic delivery of native proteins. 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

✨ New and HOT in Chemical Science! "In situ reduction of CO2 forms surface redox mediators on nanoparticle catalysts" by David W. Flaherty and colleagues. 👉 CO₂-derived surface species double H₂O₂ production and boost selectivity to 90% 🔗 Read for free: doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

Check out this Chemistry World profile of a sulfinate–azide hybrid reagent for sequential radical fluoroalkylation and click reaction recently reported by Petr Beier et al. in this Chemical Science article: doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

📢 Delighted to share our latest work published in @chemicalscience.rsc.org ! We developed a new metal-free catalytic system (boron-tethered NHN) to efficiently convert CO₂ and epoxides into cyclic carbonates. 📄Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/d6sc... #BoronChemistry #CO2 #MainGroupChemistry #Catalysis

Have you seen this HOT article in Chemical Science? "Symmetric dual-interphase design enables stable lithium-metal anodes for high rate ultrahigh-nickel all-solid-state batteries" by Chen Liu, Chuang Yu, Kai Jiang and co-workers. Read for free, here: doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

🎉 Issue 39 of Chemical Science is here! 🖼️ This week's front cover is from Payton E. Lowrey and Ku-Lung Hsu and highlights their paper "Liposomes can directly modulate serine hydrolase activity and lipid metabolism independent of cargo". 🔗Read for free here: doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

Fieseler et al Syndirella: synthesis-directed fragment elaboration enables extensive and cost-effective binding site exploration beyond catalog compounds. Chem Sci 2026 #FBD #FBDD #MedChem #SynChem #cheminformatics #OpenAccess #chemsky 🧪🔓 doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

Check out our new paper exploring how nitrogen radicals can act similarly to Lewis acids in catalytic applications, fresh out in @chemicalscience.rsc.org !!! Congratulations to @taylorcosby.bsky.social for spearheading this collaboration with the Slanina group from @iocbprague.bsky.social 👩‍🔬

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🔥New and HOT in Chemical Science!🔥 "Unlocking catalytic asymmetric transformations of sulfilimidoyl fluorides toward chiral sulfinimidate esters" by Jin Zhang, Gu Zhan, Bo Han and colleagues. ✨ Dynamic kinetic resolution unlocks stable, bioactive S(IV) esters 🔗 Read: doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

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The Chemical Science Pick of the Week is "Main-chain programming of poly(aryl ether ketone)s enables superior high-temperature dielectric energy storage” by Honghong Gong, Yunchuan Xie, Zhicheng Zhang et al. from Xi’an Jiaotong University. Read it for free: doi.org/10.1039/d6sc... #ChemSciPicks

📈 Trending in Chemical Science! “Heterometallic ion-regulated full-color gold nanoclusters for multicolor bioimaging and circularly polarized luminescence” by Yaguang Yin, Gan Zhao, Fanfan Yu and Honglin Liu from Hefei University of Technology. Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/d5sc...

🧪 Carboxylic acids are abundant, stable, and widely available building blocks in orgchemistry. Turning them into reactive radicals through decarboxylation offers an attractive way to form new carbon–carbon bonds under mild conditions... 🧵 #research #photochem #electrochem #orgchem #compchem

We had a great panel of experts celebrating the work of Henri Kagan & Kensō Soai on Friday. Don’t worry if you missed the webinar exploring all things Nobel prize in chemistry, you can catch up on the recording here: #ChemSky #NobelPrize #ChemNobel @rsc.org www.chemistryworld.com/webinars/nob...

OXIDATION STATE CONFUSION in look-alike Mg-Ca and Mg-Yb complexes. Formally Mg(0)-Ca(II)/Yb(II) but E decomposition analysis EDA-NOCV suggests a combination of neutral (BDI*)Mg(I)/(Am*)Yb(I) radicals @chemicalscience.rsc.org doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

🔥 HOT in @chemicalscience.rsc.org! With @matsonlab.bsky.social, we pair terahertz and low-frequency Raman spectroscopy with solid-state DFT to link vibrations, U–O force constants, and bonding in molecular uranium complexes. @urochester.bsky.social doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

New and 🔥HOT🔥 in Chemical Science! "C–H magnesiation of unactivated arenes by a bulky β-diketiminato magnesium n-butyl complex" by Louis J. Morris, Michael S. Hill, Claire L. McMullin and colleagues. 👉Bulky Mg complex enables direct arene functionalisation! 🔗doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

Have you seen this new HOT article? ✨ "Epitaxial Ga/ZSM-5@S-1 core–shell zeolites boost CO2-coupled propane aromatization" by Jian Liu, Weiyu Song and colleagues. 💡 Spatially separated Ga sites enhance CO₂ use and reveal a new oxygen-transfer pathway. 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

New and HOT in Chemical Science! 🔥 "Single-Atom Site Modulation of Cu Electrocatalysts for CO2 Electroreduction" A new Review article from Xiao Liang, Ya-Hao Wang, Yadong Li and colleagues! Read for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D6SC...

📈Trending in Chemical Science!📈 "Bromonium-catalyzed 1,2-diamination of various conjugated alkenes" by Satoshi Minakata and colleagues. 💡Anti-selective diamination enables access to valuable N-containing molecules! Read for free: doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

Popular and trending in Chemical Science! 📈 "Red light mediated energy transfer catalysis via stable organic radicals" by Andrew Brian Pun and colleages. 💡 Stable organic radicals enable versatile red-light photocatalysis without rare metals Read for free: doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

Issue 38 of Chemical Science is here! #ChemSciCovers Featuring work from Hao Li, Yongliang Tang, Yuanzheng Chen and colleagues! "A closed-loop framework for descriptor-empowered exploration of high-activity Co-based quaternary molten alloy catalysts for methane pyrolysis" doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...

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This week's Chemical Science Pick of the Week is "Coordination-cage-templated multivalent glycan arrays: effects of mixed-glycan composition and chain length on lectin binding” by @labgibson.bsky.social and Mike Ward et al. Read it for free here! doi.org/10.1039/D6SC... #ChemSciPicks