Research Articles
The Silent Drama in a Salt Solution: When Water Turns the Tables
Explore the fascinating world of salt hydrolysis - how dissolving salts can create acidic or basic solutions through invisible chemical reactions with water.
Molecular Origami: How Titanium Chemistry is Revolutionizing Cyclopropane Synthesis
Discover how titanium-catalyzed diastereoselective cyclopropanation is transforming organic synthesis of strained ring molecules with unprecedented precision and efficiency.
The Silent Handshake: How Chiral Diamines Are Revolutionizing Drug Synthesis
Explore how chiral 1,2-diamines enable precise asymmetric acylation of alcohols, advancing pharmaceutical synthesis and drug development.
Crafting a Cure from the Sea: The Synthetic Quest for (−)-Exiguolide
How chemists are building a potent anticancer molecule, atom by atom, in the laboratory.
The Hidden Footprint: How Metabolomics Reveals What Metals Are Doing Inside Us
Explore how metabolomics revolutionizes our understanding of metal impacts on human health through advanced biochemical analysis.
Nature's Pharmacy: The High-Tech Hunt for Tomorrow's Medicines
How AI, robotics, and genomics are revitalizing natural product drug discovery to find novel treatments for modern diseases.
From Simple Sparks to Complex Creations: The Aminohydroxylation of Alkenes Breaks New Ground
Explore the revolutionary Sharpless Asymmetric Aminohydroxylation reaction that efficiently builds complex pharmaceutical molecules from simple alkenes.
The Chemical Detective Story: How Scientists Solved the Structural Mystery of Botrytis Toxins
Discover how scientists used total chemical synthesis to unravel the complex structures of Botrytis toxins, revising decades of misunderstanding about these fungal compounds.
Quantum Leaps from the Sea: How Computers are Helping Chemists Mimic Nature's Masterpieces
Explore how quantum chemistry is revolutionizing biomimetic synthesis of complex marine natural products like polycyclic furanocembrane derivatives through computational guidance.
The Molecule Maker: How a Century-Old Reaction Revolutionized Natural Product Synthesis
Explore how palladium-catalyzed Ullmann cross-coupling revolutionized natural product synthesis, enabling the creation of complex alkaloids like aspidospermidine.