Derek Lowe has written a nice piece “Amines Learn to Join the Fun” drawing our attention to a paper “Direct Deaminative Functionalization.” In his post, Lowe claims “My mental map of ‘standard organic chemistry transformations’ keeps getting defaced, and I’m glad of it.”  One of th

With millions of tonnes of fruit juice pressed very year, the citrus processing industry creates a large amount of waste that contains highly bioactive substances and phytochemicals. These include essential oils, ascorbic acid, sugars, carotenoids, flavonoids, dietary fibre, polyphenols, and more.

Joel Tickner is calling for safer, more-sustainable chemistry, saying that much of today’s industrial processes were developed in an era before we fully grasped their impacts. Joel is Professor of Environmental Health at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and recently published his manif

Originally judged as being only of middling intellectual capability, Louis Pasteur was the first to propose chirality in molecules (1847), proved the true cause of fermentation (1857), invented pasteurization (1862), and much, much more. In his later life, Pasteur lived in an apartment in the Paste

Chemistry Europe, the collection of European chemical societies, has (re-)launched its journal “ChemistryEurope.” The journal is open access with no subscription barrier. Here’s the pitch:  ChemistryEurope brings together the brightest minds in chemistry. We publish authoritative research on a

The November edition of Chemistry World includes a great piece on molecule-level computing. Writer James Mitchell Crow provides a tour through the current state of the art, and how chemists are critical to progress: “Rather than organic molecules that directly replicate the function of conventional

If you have wasted enough time during the Holidays on kitten videos and cute puppies, here’s a great chemistry rabbit-hole instead: Compound Interest, http://ms.spr.ly/61218ek4sG Written and designed by Andy Brunning, a schoolteacher in Cambridge, UK, the site is full of cool infographics about ch

The curly arrow is a ubiquitous symbol in chemistry. It is used to indicate the movement of electrons in a chemical reaction, and can be found in textbooks, on chalkboards, white boards (and of course in ChemDraw). Though they may appear simple, curly arrows are a powerful tool for visualizing c

For several years, my lab has been interested in exploring how 3D objects such as molecules, orbitals and surfaces can be directly manipulated in PowerPoint. With the introduction of new 3D functions in ChemDraw 21.0, I thought this would be a good time to demonstrate the kind of stuff that can

We are deeply saddened by the passing of David Evans, Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Harvard University. Dave was one of the instrumental minds behind the conception and initial development of ChemDraw back in 1985. Our thoughts and condolences go to Sally and Dave's pe

Functionality in ChemDraw Suite of Products at a glance. Dot chart