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Urgent short communications of outstanding significance from across the chemical sciences. Email: chemcomm-rsc@rsc.org

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Don't miss "Detecting impurity-specific effects on structure and radiolytic hydrogen production in aluminum hydroxide" by Trent R. Graham, Khashayar Ghandi, Micah Prange, Gregory Schenter, larry M. Anovitz, Jay A. LaVerne and Carolyn I. Pearce

Featured #OnTheCover of issue 2 👉 buff.ly/Xp2fUaW
January 10, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Out now on the cover of issue 2!

"Chirality driven self-sorting in supramolecular assemblies of π-conjugated systems" by Bhawani Narayan

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January 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Out now on the the back cover of issue 1!

"Intracellular biosensors by functional nanomaterial-integrated CRISPR technologies for real-time molecular sensing" by Min Yu Choi, Chenzhong Li, Jin-Ha Choi and Jeong-Woo Choi

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January 8, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Don't miss "Enhancement of volumetric adsorption capacities on a 2D layered MOF by controlling crystal morphology" by Yuna Kawanami, Wataru Nakanishi and Atsushi Kondo

Featured #OnTheCover of issue 1!

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January 7, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Featured #OnTheCover of issue 1 of volume 62!

"Mechanically interlocked porphyrinoids: self-assembly of metal-stabilised catenaphyrins" by Bartosz Szyszko & colleagues

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January 7, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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Let's start the year off right with an exciting paper post!

In this @chemcomm.rsc.org paper, the groups of @meganwright.bsky.social and Stuart Warriner investigate the metal-independent labeling of proteins using isocyanides.
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#ChemBio #ChemSky #CovalentInhibitors
Investigating the bioorthogonality of isocyanides
Isocyanides have been applied in bioorthogonal reactions as triggers for uncaging reactions. However, emerging evidence suggests that they may label proteins covalently. We synthesised a fluorophore-conjugated isocyanide and analysed its protein reactivity. Our results suggest that isocyanides cannot be considered
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January 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Happy holidays from everyone in the ChemComm Editorial Office!

Thank you to all our authors, reviewers, editors and readers for your support throughout 2025 and we look forward to continuing to publish your wonderful research in 2026!
December 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Check out this article featured #OnTheCover of Issue 100, ChemComm's final issue of 2025.

"Size-selective formation of metallonanobelts via tethering-template-directed self-assembly"

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December 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Featured #OnTheCover of issue 99 of ChemComm!

"Adaptive crystals of homothiacalix[4]arene capable of molecular recognition, with preferential uptake of benzene over cyclohexane" by Renny Maria Losus, Sem Bleus, Volodymyr Bon, Stefan Kaskel, Wim Dehaen and Liliana Dobrzańska

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December 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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💮Prize Winners
Congrats to Takuya Sakurai from Keio U, Nijito Mukai from U Osaka and Taihei Inari from Hiroshima U who win our oral and poster prizes for their excellent presentations at the 52nd Symposium on Main Group Element Chemistry🎉👏👏
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#有機典型元素化学討論会
December 8, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Very happy to be a part of this: we report a chain-length–dependent switch in Ru-catalyzed cross-metathesis of alkenyl phosphates, supported by DFT analysis. Congrats to first author Apicha! Read more here: @rsc.org @chemcomm.rsc.org @tudresden.bsky.social
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Chain-length-dependent reactivity of alkenyl phosphates in ruthenium-catalyzed cross-metathesis
We report a chain-length-dependent reactivity pattern in the cross-metathesis of alkenyl phosphates catalyzed by the second-generation Grubbs catalyst (GII). While vinyl phosphates undergo unproductiv...
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December 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
#OnTheBackCover of issue 98 of ChemComm...

"π-Extended cis- and trans-bis(tetracyanobutadiene) Cu-porphyrins with unusual multiredox behavior" by Reena Jangra, Amir Sohel Bulbul and Muniappan Sankar

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December 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Be sure to read "Design and synthesis of ternary multi-component crystals by sublimation" by Matthew C. Scheepers and Delia A. Haynes, as featured on the back cover of issue 98!

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December 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#OnTheCover of issue 98!

"Pd-catalyzed acceptorless dehydrogenative aromatization of cyclohexyl rings via benzylic C–H bond activation" by Qing Yu, Takafumi Yatabe, Takehiro Matsuyama and Kazuya Yamaguchi

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December 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Don't miss "Non-oxidative coupling of methane via selective passivized catalysis" by Jacob C. Robinson, Jiaping Weng, Tobias K. Misicko, Natalie Remedies, Daniela S. Mainardia and Yang Xiao

As featured #OnTheCover of issue 97!

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December 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Featured #OnTheCover of issue 97!

"Directing the glow: 3D feeder geometries to enhance planar bipolar electrochemiluminescence" by Oisín Foley Doyle, Gordon G. Wallace, Zhilian Yue, Jun Chen, Stephen Beirne and Robert J. Forster

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December 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Our latest paper from @benedekstdlr.bsky.social using metal-metal cooperation to access silane complexes is now out in
@chemcomm.rsc.org here is the link pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
A Heterometallic σ-Silane Adduct from Cooperative Reactivity of an Iron–Aluminium Complex
Protonation of a heterometallic silanide complex with an alcohol led to formation of a σ-silane complex. This reaction does not require a strong acid or weakly coordinating anion. Both metals of the h...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Be sure to read "Temperature-jump QCL spectroscopy of peptide dynamics: expanding spectral accessibility by dual-combs" by Lorenz Mattes, Manuel Oestringer, Paul Stritt, Raphael Horvath, Andreas Hugi and Karin Hauser

Featured #OnTheCover of issue 96 👉 buff.ly/24Q8EHv
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#OnTheCover of issue 96 of ChemComm!

"Structural remodelling of the 2OG oxygenase Rv3406 enables sulfur-scavenging in Mycobacterium tuberculosis" by Vicky Tzu-Jung Juan, Christopher J. Squire, Evelyn Yu-Wen Huang, Ivanhoe K. H. Leung and co!

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November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Check out "Effect of auxiliary ligand in nickel-based metal organic frameworks towards oxygen evolution electrocatalysis" by Prasita Mazumder, Subrata Kundu, & co!

Featured as one of the #ChemCommCovers in issue 95

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November 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
On the back cover of issue 95!

"DFT-guided additive design for BaTiO3-based MLCCs exhibiting excellent insulation reliability" by Gi Joo Bang, Hyo-Ki Hong, Seong Hun Kim, Juhun Park, Kang-Sahn Kim and Giwoong Ha

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November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Don't miss "Engineering guidelines for CRISPR diagnostics" by Alexandre S. Avaro and Juan G. Santiago

Featured as one of the #ChemCommCovers in issue 95!

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November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Featured #OnTheCover of issue 95 of ChemComm...

"Concerted galvanic replacement reactions towards trimetallic Cu–Ag–Pd nanostructures for glycerol electrocatalysis" by Eddy Zakharia, Yaovi Holade & co!

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November 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Be sure to read "Dynamic activation of alcohols by an electrophilic phosphinine" by Richard Kopp, Massimo Rigo, Lucie Groth, Nathan Coles, Samuel Neale, Samantha Frank, Mortiz Ernst, Manuela Weber and Christian Müller.

As featured #OnTheCover of issue 94 👉 buff.ly/PaRYZvy
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#OnTheCover of issue 94!

"Metal-dependant structural families of aminomethylphosphonic acid assemblies differentiated by ion mobility mass spectrometry and density functional theory" by Olivia Rusli, Nicole J. Rijs, & co!

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November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM