ACS Highlights

President aims to raise federal R&D funding to 3% of GDP.

Bioavailable Iron

Journal of the American Chemical Society
April 2009

New insight has been gained into the mechanism of the uptake and storage of iron in a safe and bioavailable form by bacterioferritin proteins.

Atherosclerosis Imaging

Biconjugate Chemistry
April 2009

Synthetic high-density lipoproteins—labeled with gadolinium and rhodamine—are used as contrast agents for imaging atherosclerosis.

Getting BODIPY in Water

Organic Letters
April 2009

The BODIPY dye (4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene) is an important nonradioactive label in biological analysis. Here are some ways to make it water-soluble.

Cellulosic Scale-up

C&EN
April 27, 2009

DOE-backed ethanol producers encounter difficulties converting waste streams to commercially-viable fuel.

Tricky Wolff–Kishner

Organic Process Research & Development
April 2009

Here is a safe, practical method for a large-scale Wolff–Kishner reduction of a sterically demanding trifluoromethylcyclopropyl imidazole ketone.

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