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Nature Communications, Published online: 22 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-74592-x The development of catalytic systems for the enantioselective epoxidation of sterically hindered trisubstituted alkenes and the oxidation of sulfilimines to sulfoximines using molecular oxygen (O₂) as the terminal oxidant remains a formidable challenge. Here, the authors report a biomimetic bifunctional photocat…

Spin crossover (SCO) is a well-established phenomenon by which transition-metal complexes can reversibly switch between low- and high-spin states, a phenomenon widely studied in materials chemistry. Recently, transition metal complexes that exhibit SCO have attracted increasing attention as catalysts in chemical reactions. Combining SCO with catalysis presents a promising strategy for creating sw…

Scientific Reports, Published online: 21 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-56693-1 Hydrophilicity-switchable deep eutectic solvent-based ultrasound-assisted liquid-phase microextraction for the green and efficient spectrofluorimetric determination of verapamil in human plasma

Whats all this about? If you told me from the start that in order to make an actually viable IUPAC naming python library, I would have to read pages upon pages of the a dense, chemistry-jargon filled document called the Blue Book , I would have screamed. However, nothing ventured nothing gained, and while I'm sure there is a library for this somewhere out there, wheres the fun in that? While I ha…

A mysterious light-absorbing substance on Titan and Pluto could reveal hidden chemical processes and prebiotic pathways in the outer solar system.

Scientific Reports, Published online: 21 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-58103-y Prediction of physicochemical properties of organic compounds using degree-based topological indices and machine learning models

Nature Communications, Published online: 21 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-74673-x Glutarimide-containing CRBN ligands are central to targeted protein degradation but remain synthetically challenging. Here, the authors report a unified organocatalytic platform enabling rapid, selective, and scalable assembly of diverse glutarimides, facilitating library synthesis and late-stage functionalisati…

The standard physical chemistry and thermodynamics literature states that water expands upon freezing due to the crystalline structure of ice (hexagonal ice I_h), which occupies approximately 9% more volume than liquid water at the same mass. This expansion is treated as an intrinsic property of... Read more

The standard physical chemistry and thermodynamics literature states that water expands upon freezing due to the crystalline structure of ice (hexagonal ice I_h), which occupies approximately 9% more volume than liquid water at the same mass. This expansion is treated as an intrinsic property of... Read more

Scientists have developed an extremely small and highly efficient catalyst that could improve the production of green hydrogen, one of the cleanest fuels being explored for the future. The international research team, led by scientists from Tohoku University, Tokyo University of Science, Vanderbilt University and the University of Adelaide, created tiny clusters made from only […] The post Tiny 1…

The colorimeter is an important scientific instrument used to measure the concentration of colored substances in a solution by analyzing how much light the solution absorbs. Today, colorimeters are widely used in chemistry, biology, medicine, environmental science, and industry. Their development over more than a century has greatly improved the accuracy and efficiency of chemical analysis. The h…

Nature Communications, Published online: 20 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-74537-4 Solving the full-dimensional vibrational Schrödinger equation remains challenging for polyatomic molecules. The authors present an efficient neural-network approach for accurate vibrational energy calculations for molecules with more than ten atoms.

Nature Communications, Published online: 20 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-74650-4 Chromium poisoning and sluggish oxygen kinetics limit oxygen electrodes in reversible solid oxide cells. Here, the authors report a triple-barrier perovskite that suppresses Sr segregation, traps chromium, and tunes surface chemistry, enabling strong chromium tolerance and long-term stability.

Scientific Reports, Published online: 20 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-59084-8 Efficiency of a microplastic removal system from synthetic wastewater using a chemical process combined with simple filtration

Nature Astronomy, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41550-026-02877-8 The returned samples from asteroids Bennu and Ryugu document a remarkably rich organic inventory, spanning from smaller molecules to complex macromolecular materials. This chemical diversity renews the discussion of how prebiotic complexity on small bodies may relate to the processes leading to the emergence of life.

Nature Communications, Published online: 20 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-74668-8 Acyclic Schiff base atropisomers have remained inaccessible because of longstanding synthetic and stereocontrol challenges. Here, the authors report a palladium-catalysed asymmetric N-allylation enabled by substrate guided catalyst evolution, delivering Z selective atropisomeric Schiff bases with high yields and…

Nature Communications, Published online: 20 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-74660-2 The authors report a practical and divergent electrochemical method for converting simple secondary amines into thiocarbamoyl fluorides and N-trifluoromethyl amines, proceeding under mild, open-air conditions without solvent drying, degassing, inert atmosphere, or stoichiometric silver reagents.

Nature Communications, Published online: 20 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-74595-8 The authors report a regioselective hydrogen atom transfer process that enables divergent carbamoylation of branched alkenes. Through modulation of the electronic and steric properties of the ligands, this cobalt complex achieves precise discrimination between hydrogen atoms exhibiting minor differences in bond …