 December 2000 Vol. 30, No. 12, 6 – 16. |
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- Organic chemistry
- Inorganic chemistry
- Physical chemistry and electronics
- Analytical chemistry and metrics
- Biotechnology and life sciences
- Environmental sciences
- Materials
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High-yield epoxidation in an ionic liquid limits the use of objectionable organic reaction solvents
These polymeric fluoroacrylic supports for hydrogenation catalysts are recyclable
This novel triphosphorus macrocycle is prepared via a template synthesis
Thulium promotes coupling of ketones with alkyl halides
This zinc-porphyrazine catalyst complex is useful for synthesizing endoperoxides
Olefins can be arylated in an anti-Markovnikov manner using an iridium complex
This one-pot synthesis of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds uses saturated alcohols, ketones, or aldehydes as substrates
Use traceless solid-phase reduction to avoid using tin compounds
Fluorous soluble polymer ligands form active catalysts for hydroformylation reactions
Produce pure enantiomers in multigram quantities using catalytic antibodies
Physical chemistry and electronics
Analytical chemistry and metrics
Biotechnology and life sciences
A new polymeric carrier provides controlled release of pharmaceuticals and other active materials
A nanoreactor has been prepared that features a shell of polymerized vesicles
A new optical probe technique detects preinvasive cancer cells
Nontoxic, biodegradable cationic polymers serve as nonviral gene carriers
Inhibit HIV protease dimerization using minimal peptide structures
Giant vesicles from diacylmannosylerythritols show excellent protein binding affinity
Live yeast cells form templates within sol–gel silica films
Room-temperature ionic liquids represent new-generation media for living radical polymerizations
A nanoreactor has been prepared that features a shell of polymerized vesicles
Tuneable microcavities are produced by molecular imprinting
Organic-functionalized hexagonal mesoporous silica shows highly selective adsorption
Hybrid organic–inorganic polymeric systems are based on Surlyn and silica
Colorful metalloporphyrin complexes let you “see” smells
A DNA molecular motor makes use of a tweezerslike structure
A new, high-impact amorphous plastic is born
This molecular motor runs on phosgene
This coordination polymer acts as a highly efficient methane adsorbent
Aluminum-catalyzed polymerization yields copolymers from inexpensive monomers