Some carbon nanotubes are harvested from “forests” grown by water-assisted chemical vapor deposition from engineered catalysts.
Journal of Organic Chemistry
December 2008
Here’s a general synthesis of heterocyclic ethenyl C-nucleosides that can recognize inverted base pairs in a DNA triple helix. This may be a tool for gene suppression therapy.
Analytical Chemistry
December 2008
Combining three analytical methods allowed researchers to verify that the patina on a 14th-century Moorish wall in Granada, Spain, was made from CaCO3 and powdered burnt animal bones.
Biomacromolecules
December 2008
Synthetic water-soluble polymers with hydroxyl-containing side chains show biological antifreeze properties and may eventually be used to improve frozen food texture.
What is that stuff? Culture and chemistry meet in fragrant plant-based incense.
Organometallics
December 2008
Allenylidene complexes of chromium, tungsten, and manganese were reported more than 30 years ago. Now the first stable palladium allenylidene complexes have been made.