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Urgent short communications of outstanding significance from across the chemical sciences. Email: chemcomm-rsc@rsc.org
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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.
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As featured #OnTheCover of issue 94 👉 buff.ly/PaRYZvy
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 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.
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As featured #OnTheCover of issue 94 👉 buff.ly/PaRYZvy
#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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"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
#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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"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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Featured #OnTheCover of issue 93...
"Stirring chemical reaction landscapes through strong light–matter interactions" by Jaibir Singh, Pallavi Garg, Jyoti Lather and Jino George
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"Stirring chemical reaction landscapes through strong light–matter interactions" by Jaibir Singh, Pallavi Garg, Jyoti Lather and Jino George
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November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Featured #OnTheCover of issue 93...
"Stirring chemical reaction landscapes through strong light–matter interactions" by Jaibir Singh, Pallavi Garg, Jyoti Lather and Jino George
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"Stirring chemical reaction landscapes through strong light–matter interactions" by Jaibir Singh, Pallavi Garg, Jyoti Lather and Jino George
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"A chiroptical switcher: helical inversion of twisted porphyrin macrocycle synergistically controlled by combined stimuli of solvent and pressure" by Tomoyuki Hamachi, Tomokazu Kinoshita, Kouta Tanabe, Naoyuki Hisano, Takeharu Haino and Gaku Fukuhara
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Out now in issue 93 👉 buff.ly/FKo6uwC
November 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"A chiroptical switcher: helical inversion of twisted porphyrin macrocycle synergistically controlled by combined stimuli of solvent and pressure" by Tomoyuki Hamachi, Tomokazu Kinoshita, Kouta Tanabe, Naoyuki Hisano, Takeharu Haino and Gaku Fukuhara
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Out now in issue 93 👉 buff.ly/FKo6uwC
Don't miss "Enhancing deep chemical reaction prediction with advanced chirality and fragment representation" by Fabrizio Mastrolorito, Fulvio Ciriaco, Orazio Nicolotti and Francesca Grisoni
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As featured #OnTheCover of issue 93!
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November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Don't miss "Enhancing deep chemical reaction prediction with advanced chirality and fragment representation" by Fabrizio Mastrolorito, Fulvio Ciriaco, Orazio Nicolotti and Francesca Grisoni
As featured #OnTheCover of issue 93!
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As featured #OnTheCover of issue 93!
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Featured #OnTheCover of issue 93!
"Photo-driven decarboxylation for sustainable biofuel production: a review on harnessing the potential of fatty acid decarboxylases" by Ao Xia, Qiang Liao, & co.
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"Photo-driven decarboxylation for sustainable biofuel production: a review on harnessing the potential of fatty acid decarboxylases" by Ao Xia, Qiang Liao, & co.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Featured #OnTheCover of issue 93!
"Photo-driven decarboxylation for sustainable biofuel production: a review on harnessing the potential of fatty acid decarboxylases" by Ao Xia, Qiang Liao, & co.
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"Photo-driven decarboxylation for sustainable biofuel production: a review on harnessing the potential of fatty acid decarboxylases" by Ao Xia, Qiang Liao, & co.
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Be sure to read "An activity-based probe library for identifying promiscuous amide hydrolases" by Chathuri J. Kombala, Kristoffer R. Brandvold, Sankarganesh Krishnamoorthy & co.
Featured on the back cover of issue 91!
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Featured on the back cover of issue 91!
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November 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Be sure to read "An activity-based probe library for identifying promiscuous amide hydrolases" by Chathuri J. Kombala, Kristoffer R. Brandvold, Sankarganesh Krishnamoorthy & co.
Featured on the back cover of issue 91!
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Featured on the back cover of issue 91!
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Out now on the cover of issue 91 of ChemComm!
"When MOFs met SALI: solvent-assisted ligand incorporation in metal–organic frameworks for catalysis and beyond" by Marzena Pander, Emilian Stachura, Magdalena Kozieł-Szymańska and Wojciech Bury
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"When MOFs met SALI: solvent-assisted ligand incorporation in metal–organic frameworks for catalysis and beyond" by Marzena Pander, Emilian Stachura, Magdalena Kozieł-Szymańska and Wojciech Bury
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November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Out now on the cover of issue 91 of ChemComm!
"When MOFs met SALI: solvent-assisted ligand incorporation in metal–organic frameworks for catalysis and beyond" by Marzena Pander, Emilian Stachura, Magdalena Kozieł-Szymańska and Wojciech Bury
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"When MOFs met SALI: solvent-assisted ligand incorporation in metal–organic frameworks for catalysis and beyond" by Marzena Pander, Emilian Stachura, Magdalena Kozieł-Szymańska and Wojciech Bury
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Don't miss "From non-innocent ionic liquids to reactive agents in the synthesis of chalcogenido metalate compounds" by Gina Stuhrmann, Bastian Weinert and Stefanie Dehnen
Featured on the back cover of issue 90 of ChemComm!
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Featured on the back cover of issue 90 of ChemComm!
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November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Don't miss "From non-innocent ionic liquids to reactive agents in the synthesis of chalcogenido metalate compounds" by Gina Stuhrmann, Bastian Weinert and Stefanie Dehnen
Featured on the back cover of issue 90 of ChemComm!
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Featured on the back cover of issue 90 of ChemComm!
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On the cover of issue 90!
"A diazadiphospholenium cation featuring a reactive P=P bond: synthesis and reversible main-group bond activation" by Jan Wieneke, Francesco Cirigliano and Marcel Schorpp
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"A diazadiphospholenium cation featuring a reactive P=P bond: synthesis and reversible main-group bond activation" by Jan Wieneke, Francesco Cirigliano and Marcel Schorpp
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November 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
On the cover of issue 90!
"A diazadiphospholenium cation featuring a reactive P=P bond: synthesis and reversible main-group bond activation" by Jan Wieneke, Francesco Cirigliano and Marcel Schorpp
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"A diazadiphospholenium cation featuring a reactive P=P bond: synthesis and reversible main-group bond activation" by Jan Wieneke, Francesco Cirigliano and Marcel Schorpp
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Check out "The direct photochemical cross-esterification of alcohols via site-selective C–H bromination" by Atsuya Miyamoto, Hiroyoshi Takamura, Isao Kadota and Kenta Tanaka, as featured on the back cover of issue 89!
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November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Check out "The direct photochemical cross-esterification of alcohols via site-selective C–H bromination" by Atsuya Miyamoto, Hiroyoshi Takamura, Isao Kadota and Kenta Tanaka, as featured on the back cover of issue 89!
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Don't miss "In situ constructing a polyaniline layer on a Pt surface enhances the oxygen reduction activity and stability of Pt for fuel cells" by Anyu Li, Yuzhe Liu, Zhen Zhang, Hong Chen, He Qi, Zhenbo Wang and Xulei Sui
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Featured #OnTheCover of issue 89 👉 buff.ly/iW2IkCG
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Don't miss "In situ constructing a polyaniline layer on a Pt surface enhances the oxygen reduction activity and stability of Pt for fuel cells" by Anyu Li, Yuzhe Liu, Zhen Zhang, Hong Chen, He Qi, Zhenbo Wang and Xulei Sui
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Featured #OnTheCover of issue 89 👉 buff.ly/iW2IkCG
Don't miss "Recent developments in the use of fluorinated esters as activated intermediates in organic synthesis" by Daniel E. Bonn and William D. G. Brittain
Featured on the back cover of issue 88 of ChemComm!
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Featured on the back cover of issue 88 of ChemComm!
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November 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Don't miss "Recent developments in the use of fluorinated esters as activated intermediates in organic synthesis" by Daniel E. Bonn and William D. G. Brittain
Featured on the back cover of issue 88 of ChemComm!
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Featured on the back cover of issue 88 of ChemComm!
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Be sure to read "β-Carboxyphospholes via carboxylative desilylation: luminophores with a versatile connectivity attached" by Katharina Eichhorn, Clemens Bruhn and Rudolf Pietschnig
Featured #OnTheCover of issue 88 of ChemComm
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Featured #OnTheCover of issue 88 of ChemComm
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November 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Be sure to read "β-Carboxyphospholes via carboxylative desilylation: luminophores with a versatile connectivity attached" by Katharina Eichhorn, Clemens Bruhn and Rudolf Pietschnig
Featured #OnTheCover of issue 88 of ChemComm
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Featured #OnTheCover of issue 88 of ChemComm
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Featured #OnTheCover of issue 88!
"Glass-like thermal transport in polycrystalline perovskite lithium-ion conductor Li3/8Sr7/16Hf1/4Ta3/4O3" by Yitian Wang, Qianru Jia, Shuchen Li, Li Shi, Yutao Li and Xi Chen
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"Glass-like thermal transport in polycrystalline perovskite lithium-ion conductor Li3/8Sr7/16Hf1/4Ta3/4O3" by Yitian Wang, Qianru Jia, Shuchen Li, Li Shi, Yutao Li and Xi Chen
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October 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Featured #OnTheCover of issue 88!
"Glass-like thermal transport in polycrystalline perovskite lithium-ion conductor Li3/8Sr7/16Hf1/4Ta3/4O3" by Yitian Wang, Qianru Jia, Shuchen Li, Li Shi, Yutao Li and Xi Chen
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"Glass-like thermal transport in polycrystalline perovskite lithium-ion conductor Li3/8Sr7/16Hf1/4Ta3/4O3" by Yitian Wang, Qianru Jia, Shuchen Li, Li Shi, Yutao Li and Xi Chen
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Check out "Cobaltaelectro-catalyzed C–H acyloxylation of aromatic and vinylic amide derivatives at room temperature" by Ruzal Sitdikov, Pavlo Nikolaienko, Luca Meyer and Oscar Verho
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October 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Check out "Cobaltaelectro-catalyzed C–H acyloxylation of aromatic and vinylic amide derivatives at room temperature" by Ruzal Sitdikov, Pavlo Nikolaienko, Luca Meyer and Oscar Verho
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Don't miss "Photocurable polymer-based tubular micromotors: advancing toward life science applications" by Saki Batori and Teruyuki Komatsu
Featured #OnTheCover of issue 87
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Featured #OnTheCover of issue 87
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October 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Don't miss "Photocurable polymer-based tubular micromotors: advancing toward life science applications" by Saki Batori and Teruyuki Komatsu
Featured #OnTheCover of issue 87
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Featured #OnTheCover of issue 87
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Featured #OnTheCover of issue 87!
"Exploration of electrochemical hydrogen pumping with ultralow feed concentration down to 1 ppm" by Mostafijur R. Shakil, Aashish Dumre, Nabin Subedi, Yixin Liu, Shan Hu and Shuang Gu
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"Exploration of electrochemical hydrogen pumping with ultralow feed concentration down to 1 ppm" by Mostafijur R. Shakil, Aashish Dumre, Nabin Subedi, Yixin Liu, Shan Hu and Shuang Gu
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October 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Featured #OnTheCover of issue 87!
"Exploration of electrochemical hydrogen pumping with ultralow feed concentration down to 1 ppm" by Mostafijur R. Shakil, Aashish Dumre, Nabin Subedi, Yixin Liu, Shan Hu and Shuang Gu
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"Exploration of electrochemical hydrogen pumping with ultralow feed concentration down to 1 ppm" by Mostafijur R. Shakil, Aashish Dumre, Nabin Subedi, Yixin Liu, Shan Hu and Shuang Gu
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Don't miss "In operando assessment of H2O2 production by a multicopper oxidase under direct electron transfer with a gold electrode" by Panpan Wang, Vânia Brissos, Lígia O. Martins, Wolfgang Schuhmann and Felipe Conzuelo
Featured #OnTheCover of issue 85
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Featured #OnTheCover of issue 85
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October 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Don't miss "In operando assessment of H2O2 production by a multicopper oxidase under direct electron transfer with a gold electrode" by Panpan Wang, Vânia Brissos, Lígia O. Martins, Wolfgang Schuhmann and Felipe Conzuelo
Featured #OnTheCover of issue 85
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Featured #OnTheCover of issue 85
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To mark the occasion, we caught up with Rajendra to discuss his work in further detail, his journey to independence, and his hopes for his lab in the year to come.
Check out the full interview on our blog 👉 blogs.rsc.org/cc/2025/10/2...
Check out the full interview on our blog 👉 blogs.rsc.org/cc/2025/10/2...
October 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
To mark the occasion, we caught up with Rajendra to discuss his work in further detail, his journey to independence, and his hopes for his lab in the year to come.
Check out the full interview on our blog 👉 blogs.rsc.org/cc/2025/10/2...
Check out the full interview on our blog 👉 blogs.rsc.org/cc/2025/10/2...
Featured #OnTheCover of issue 85 of ChemComm!
"Capturing the short-lived excited singlet state in crystals of a TADF silver(i) complex" by Piotr Łaski, Jakub Drapała, Radosław Kamiński, Krzysztof Durka, Dariusz Szarejko, Robert Henning and Katarzyna N. Jarzembska
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"Capturing the short-lived excited singlet state in crystals of a TADF silver(i) complex" by Piotr Łaski, Jakub Drapała, Radosław Kamiński, Krzysztof Durka, Dariusz Szarejko, Robert Henning and Katarzyna N. Jarzembska
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October 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Featured #OnTheCover of issue 85 of ChemComm!
"Capturing the short-lived excited singlet state in crystals of a TADF silver(i) complex" by Piotr Łaski, Jakub Drapała, Radosław Kamiński, Krzysztof Durka, Dariusz Szarejko, Robert Henning and Katarzyna N. Jarzembska
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"Capturing the short-lived excited singlet state in crystals of a TADF silver(i) complex" by Piotr Łaski, Jakub Drapała, Radosław Kamiński, Krzysztof Durka, Dariusz Szarejko, Robert Henning and Katarzyna N. Jarzembska
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Learn more about transdermal drug delivery with this new Feature article by Fahmida Habib Nabila, Muhammad Moniruzzaman and Masahiro Goto, featured on the cover of issue 84!
"Ionic liquid-based transdermal drug delivery systems for biopharmaceuticals"
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"Ionic liquid-based transdermal drug delivery systems for biopharmaceuticals"
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October 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Learn more about transdermal drug delivery with this new Feature article by Fahmida Habib Nabila, Muhammad Moniruzzaman and Masahiro Goto, featured on the cover of issue 84!
"Ionic liquid-based transdermal drug delivery systems for biopharmaceuticals"
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"Ionic liquid-based transdermal drug delivery systems for biopharmaceuticals"
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From the cover of issue 84!
"Remodelling of tricyclic carbon frameworks with a norbornene scaffold" by Akihiro Yoshitani, Tomonari Sasage, Ranmaru Kato, Takahiro Suzuki, Kazutada Ikeuchi and Keiji Tanino
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"Remodelling of tricyclic carbon frameworks with a norbornene scaffold" by Akihiro Yoshitani, Tomonari Sasage, Ranmaru Kato, Takahiro Suzuki, Kazutada Ikeuchi and Keiji Tanino
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October 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
From the cover of issue 84!
"Remodelling of tricyclic carbon frameworks with a norbornene scaffold" by Akihiro Yoshitani, Tomonari Sasage, Ranmaru Kato, Takahiro Suzuki, Kazutada Ikeuchi and Keiji Tanino
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"Remodelling of tricyclic carbon frameworks with a norbornene scaffold" by Akihiro Yoshitani, Tomonari Sasage, Ranmaru Kato, Takahiro Suzuki, Kazutada Ikeuchi and Keiji Tanino
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Check out "Beyond serendipity: uncovering novel ratiometric urea·24DHBA cocrystals through mechanochemistry and MicroED" by Ankur Bonia, Diptajyoti Gogoi, Nabadeep Kalita, Takanori Nakane, Akihiro Kawamoto, Khaled Althubeiti, Toshiyuki Sasaki, Genji Kurisu and Ranjit Thakuria
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October 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Check out "Beyond serendipity: uncovering novel ratiometric urea·24DHBA cocrystals through mechanochemistry and MicroED" by Ankur Bonia, Diptajyoti Gogoi, Nabadeep Kalita, Takanori Nakane, Akihiro Kawamoto, Khaled Althubeiti, Toshiyuki Sasaki, Genji Kurisu and Ranjit Thakuria
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Featured on the back cover of issue 83 of ChemComm...
"Regioselective terminal bromination of fluorinated oligophenylenes" by Nour-Eddine El Alaoui and Konstantin Y. Amsharov
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"Regioselective terminal bromination of fluorinated oligophenylenes" by Nour-Eddine El Alaoui and Konstantin Y. Amsharov
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October 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Featured on the back cover of issue 83 of ChemComm...
"Regioselective terminal bromination of fluorinated oligophenylenes" by Nour-Eddine El Alaoui and Konstantin Y. Amsharov
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"Regioselective terminal bromination of fluorinated oligophenylenes" by Nour-Eddine El Alaoui and Konstantin Y. Amsharov
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