The chemistry of smoking foods – in C&EN
Click to view the full graphic on the C&EN site Humans have been smoking foods for almost 2 million years, but what chemical compounds give smoky flavours and w...
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Palladium anchored to magnetic silica functionalized with AP groups as a novel and efficient heterogeneous catalyst for C–C coupling reactions
A novel magnetic nanocatalyst has been developed by covalently attaching a palladium complex (AP-Pd) to magnetic Fe3O4 particles, which were coated with a silic...
How Early Earth's Unlikely Chemical Hero Appeared
Though it's a toxic chemical, hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is also important for the development of life. It's a precursor to things like amino acids and nucleic acid...
[2606.00666] Manifold Diffusion for Structure Generation of Transition Metal Complexes
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2606.00666: Manifold Diffusion for Structure Generation of Transition Metal Complexes
[2606.00794] Benchmark Dataset for Catalysis on 2D MXenes
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2606.00794: Benchmark Dataset for Catalysis on 2D MXenes
[2605.31418] Optimization of multisite reactions in complex compartmentalized media
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.31418: Optimization of multisite reactions in complex compartmentalized media
[2605.30743] A Padding Method for Enhanced Encoding of Inorganic Structures with Varying Chemical Compositions
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.30743: A Padding Method for Enhanced Encoding of Inorganic Structures with Varying Chemical Compositions
[2605.31091] Metamorphoses of carbon and oxygen in protoplanetary discs: how chemistry and radial drift transform inner disc C
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.31091: Metamorphoses of carbon and oxygen in protoplanetary discs: how chemistry and radial drift transform inner disc C/O ra...
[2605.31571] All-Electron Relativistic Fully Self-Consistent $GW$ Study of Heteronuclear Actinide-Containing Diatomics
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.31571: All-Electron Relativistic Fully Self-Consistent $GW$ Study of Heteronuclear Actinide-Containing Diatomics
[2605.31139] Shallow Electronic State Preparation for Quantum Chemistry with Quantum Monte Carlo Pre-Selection
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.31139: Shallow Electronic State Preparation for Quantum Chemistry with Quantum Monte Carlo Pre-Selection
[2605.31188] Thermal chemical reactivity in Frenkel exciton-polariton cavities
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.31188: Thermal chemical reactivity in Frenkel exciton-polariton cavities
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering detection of matrix metalloproteinase-9 via an aptamer-based plasmonic ruler - Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) plays a crucial role in cancer cell invasion, metastasis, and tumor growth. However, the precise and sensitive detection
[2605.29622] MōLe-Λ: Learning the Coupled-Cluster Response State for Energies, Gradients, and Properties
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.29622: MōLe-Λ: Learning the Coupled-Cluster Response State for Energies, Gradients, and Properties
[2605.29698] A Systematic Evaluation of Molecular Mixture Behavior Prediction
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.29698: A Systematic Evaluation of Molecular Mixture Behavior Prediction
[2605.29329] Mixing Vector Model for Copolymer Inference via Mixed Integer Linear Programming
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.29329: Mixing Vector Model for Copolymer Inference via Mixed Integer Linear Programming
[2605.28862] Molecular Lead Optimization via Agentic Tool Planning
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.28862: Molecular Lead Optimization via Agentic Tool Planning
Dynamic clusters unlock propane dehydrogenation
Propylene production from propane faces persistent catalytic limitations. Now, an unusual form of subnanometre platinum–tin clusters confined within zeolite p...
Insights into the mechanism, selectivity, solvent, and temperature effect in the Diels–Alder reactions of 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan and maleimides derivatives leading to anticancer norcantharimide d
The [4 + 2] cycloaddition involving 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan (BHMF) and N-substituted maleimides constitutes an efficient synthetic strategy
Metal-organic frameworks with linear and branched polyol backbones for dye removal
In this study, novel metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) were synthesized using functionalized polyols as organic ligands. Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and hyperbranched...
Sustainable supercritical-mechanochemical process
Mechanochemistry offers a route for converting metal oxides directly into metal organic frameworks (MOFs), ensuring maximal atomic utilization. Here, we have ad...
A Natural Chemistry Laboratory in Protostar Shock Waves
Complex organic molecules (COMS) are at the heart of life. They're created where jets from protostars slam into the interstellar medium, environments that scien...