Chemical Science Blog

We are happy to present a selection of our HOT articles for April. To see all of our HOT referee-recommended articles from 2019, please find the collection here.

As always, Chemical Science articles are free to access.

The full dynamics of energy relaxation in large organic molecules: from photo-excitation to solvent heating

Vytautas Balevičius Jr, Tiejun Wei, Devis Di Tommaso, Darius Abramavicius, Jürgen Hauer, Tomas Polívka and Christopher D. P. Duffy*

Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 4792-4804

DOI: 10.1039/C9SC00410F, Edge Article

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Chiral diversification through the assembly of achiral phenylacetylene macrocycles with a two-fold bridge

Ryo Katoono,* Keiichi Kusaka, Yuki Saito, Kazuki Sakamoto and Takanori Suzuki

Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 4782-4791

DOI: 10.1039/C9SC00972H, Edge Article

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NosL is a dedicated copper chaperone for assembly of the CuZ center of nitrous oxide reductase

Sophie P. Bennett, Manuel J. Soriano-Laguna, Justin M. Bradley, Dimitri A. Svistunenko, David J. Richardson, Andrew J. Gates* and Nick E. Le Brun

Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 4985-4993

DOI: 10.1039/C9SC01053J, Edge Article

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Brønsted acid catalysis – the effect of 3,3′-substituents on the structural space and the stabilization of imine/phosphoric acid complexes

Maxime Melikian, Johannes Gramüller, Johnny Hioe, Julian Greindl and Ruth M. Gschwind*

Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 5226-5234

DOI: 10.1039/C9SC01044K, Edge Article

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Theoretical design of a technetium-like alloy and its catalytic properties

Wei Xie* and Michihisa Koyama*

Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 5461-5469

DOI: 10.1039/C9SC00912D, Edge Article

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Highly regioselective complexation of tungsten with Eu@C82/Eu@C84: interplay between endohedral and exohedral metallic units induced by electron transfer

Lipiao Bao, Pengyuan Yu, Ying Li, Changwang Pan, Wangqiang Shen, Peng Jin,* Shuquan Liang* and Xing Lu*

Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 4945-4950

DOI: 10.1039/C9SC01479A, Edge Article

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