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January 13, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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Article by Tao Xiong & co-workers

Catalytic asymmetric hydroalkylation of 1,1-dialkyl-substituted alkenes with unactivated alkyl electrophiles

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January 13, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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Article by Zhenxing Wang, Feng Wang, Qingdao Zeng, Zhenpeng Hu, Jun He & co-workers

Synthesis of wafer-scale uniaxially oriented tellurium films via molecular engineering

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Synthesis of wafer-scale uniaxially oriented tellurium films via molecular engineering - Nature Synthesis
Using a molecular engineering approach, wafer-scale uniaxially oriented Te nanowire thin films are synthesized with excellent controllability and uniformity. The anchor-rope structural molecules form ...
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January 6, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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Article by Kang Cai, Dong-Sheng Guo, Jonathan L. Sessler, Chunju Li & co-workers

Customized cycloparaphenylene skeletons prepared via the intramolecular coupling of extended biphen[n]arenes

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Customized cycloparaphenylene skeletons prepared via the intramolecular coupling of extended biphen[n]arenes - Nature Synthesis
Intramolecular coupling of extended biphen[n]arenes is developed to yield cycloparaphenylenes (CPPs). The modular nature of biphen[n]arenes makes it possible to customize CPP structures, which permits...
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January 6, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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Article by Hai I. Wang, Minghao Yu, Xinliang Feng & co-workers

Triphasic synthesis of MXenes with uniform and controlled halogen terminations

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Triphasic synthesis of MXenes with uniform and controlled halogen terminations - Nature Synthesis
A gas–liquid–solid triphasic etching strategy is demonstrated to obtain MXenes with uniform and tunable halogen terminations. The resulting MXenes have highly ordered structures, enhanced charge trans...
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January 6, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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A terminal germanium oxido dianion by Bei Zhang

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A terminal germanium oxido dianion - Nature Synthesis
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January 5, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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Ammonia synthesis over AuRu alloys by @alexrgroves.bsky.social

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Highlighting the @natenergy.nature.com Article by Lin Yuan, Junwei Lucas Bao, Jennifer A. Dionne & co-workers
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Ammonia synthesis over AuRu alloys - Nature Synthesis
Nature Synthesis - Ammonia synthesis over AuRu alloys
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January 5, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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meta-Selective radical halogenation of pyridines by Nirmala Mohanta & Jacquelyne A. Read

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meta-Selective radical halogenation of pyridines - Nature Synthesis
Radical processes can be leveraged to impart meta selectivity in pyridine functionalization, offering a valuable approach for the late-stage functionalization of bioactive molecules.
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January 5, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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News & Views on the Article by Aoni Xu, Sung-Fu Hung & co-workers

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Sulfur enhances electrochemical CO2 reduction over porphyrin catalysts by Karl Adrian Gandionco, Zhiyuan Zhang & Jongwoo Lim

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Sulfur enhances electrochemical CO2 reduction over porphyrin catalysts - Nature Synthesis
The strategic placement of sulfur within a nickel porphyrin complex coupled with copper facilitates efficient electrochemical CO2 reduction to ethylene and ethanol.
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January 5, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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Article by Li-Ping Xu, Hao Wei & co-workers

Direct oxygen-to-sulfur single-atom substitution of oxazoles and isoxazoles

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Direct oxygen-to-sulfur single-atom substitution of oxazoles and isoxazoles - Nature Synthesis
A skeletal editing strategy for the direct conversion of oxazoles and isoxazoles into thiazoles and isothiazoles is described. These one-step transformations may be beneficial for drug development pro...
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January 5, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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Article by Benjamin List & co-workers

Catalytic asymmetric activation of bicyclobutanes

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Catalytic asymmetric activation of bicyclobutanes - Nature Synthesis
The precise manipulation of unfunctionalized hydrocarbons remains a fundamental challenge in chemical synthesis and catalysis. Here an organocatalytic asymmetric hydroxylation of bicyclobutanes with a...
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January 5, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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Article by Jie Yang, Hengxu Li, Qiong Wang & Qiang Liu

Diastereodivergent construction of disubstituted cyclobutanes via electrochemical cobalt-catalysed reductive coupling

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Diastereodivergent construction of disubstituted cyclobutanes via electrochemical cobalt-catalysed reductive coupling - Nature Synthesis
An electrochemical cobalt-catalysed reductive coupling reaction between alkynes and cyclobutenes enables diastereodivergent cyclobutane synthesis. By modulating the steric and electronic properties of...
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January 5, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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Article by Peidong Yang, Hailiang Wang & co-workers

Artificial synthesis of carbohydrates from electrochemically fixed carbon dioxide

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Artificial synthesis of carbohydrates from electrochemically fixed carbon dioxide - Nature Synthesis
The sustainable synthesis of carbohydrates from CO2 is challenging due to the complexity of controlled CO2 reduction. Here a two-step method for the sustainable synthesis of C5+ carbohydrates is repor...
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January 2, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Article by Rui Tan, Shiyong Liu, Zhengbiao Zhang & co-workers

Synthesis of discrete oligoethylenes towards chemically recyclable polyolefins

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Synthesis of discrete oligoethylenes towards chemically recyclable polyolefins - Nature Synthesis
The precision synthesis of uniform oligoethylenes with chain lengths of up to 576 carbon atoms is achieved via an iterative growth approach based on the Julia–Kocienski reaction. The oligoethylenes ar...
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January 2, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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Article by Yu Zhao, Ming Joo Koh & co-workers

Divergent synthesis of N heterocycles from carbocycles enabled by electrochemical nitrogen atom insertion

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Divergent synthesis of N heterocycles from carbocycles enabled by electrochemical nitrogen atom insertion - Nature Synthesis
A divergent electrochemical nitrogen atom insertion into saturated carbocycles is reported, enabling selective access to either functionalized quinolines or N-alkylated saturated N heterocycles. This ...
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December 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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December 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Article by Pavel K. Mykhailiuk, Peng Liu, K. Barry Sharpless, Keary M. Engle & co-workers

Alkyl sulfonyl fluorides as ambiphiles in the stereoselective palladium(II)-catalysed cyclopropanation of unactivated alkenes

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Alkyl sulfonyl fluorides as ambiphiles in the stereoselective palladium(II)-catalysed cyclopropanation of unactivated alkenes - Nature Synthesis
The ambiphilic reactivity of alkyl sulfonyl fluorides in stereoselective cyclopropanation under Pd(II) catalysis is reported. The method provides convenient access to cis-disubstituted cyclopropanes t...
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December 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
December issue is now online!

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December 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Heck-type reactions with bismuth photocatalysts by Eric Piechota

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Heck-type reactions with bismuth photocatalysts - Nature Synthesis
Nature Synthesis - Heck-type reactions with bismuth photocatalysts
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December 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Article by Jianwei Nai, Lin Guo, Hua Wang & co-workers

Scalable ultrathin sodium metal anodes

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Scalable ultrathin sodium metal anodes - Nature Synthesis
Sodium metal is of interest for high-energy-density batteries, but the lack of large-area ultrathin sodium metal foils hinders research. Here a metre-length, ultrathin (≤50 μm), mechanically strengthe...
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December 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Article by Roly J. Armstrong, Erli Lu, Koji Kubota, Hajime Ito & co-workers

Mechanochemical synthesis of organosodium compounds through direct sodiation of organic halides

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Mechanochemical synthesis of organosodium compounds through direct sodiation of organic halides - Nature Synthesis
A mechanochemical protocol for the direct synthesis of organosodium compounds is developed using cheap and shelf-stable sodium lumps and readily available organic halides under bulk, solvent-free cond...
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December 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Review article by Weihua Guo, Zihao Li, Libei Huang, Ma Qian, James M. Tour & Ruquan Ye

Laser-assisted materials engineering at the atomic and nanoscales

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Laser-assisted materials engineering at the atomic and nanoscales - Nature Synthesis
Laser technology offers high energy, precise spatial resolution and seamless automation for materials synthesis and device fabrication. This Review highlights laser-assisted materials engineering at t...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Article by Min Ye, Xue Qiao, Menghao Cai & co-workers

Biosynthesis of plant vitexin-derived flavonoid glycosides in yeast

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Biosynthesis of plant vitexin-derived flavonoid glycosides in yeast - Nature Synthesis
Microbial biosynthesis is a promising alternative to plant extraction to obtain post-modified flavonoids, but current de novo biosynthesis is limited to milligrams per litre. Now the production of pla...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Article by Dmitri V. Talapin & co-workers

Molecular organohalides as general precursors for direct synthesis of two-dimensional transition metal carbide MXenes

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Molecular organohalides as general precursors for direct synthesis of two-dimensional transition metal carbide MXenes - Nature Synthesis
Ti-, Zr- and Nb-based MXenes with Cl, Br or mixed terminations can be synthesized by a bottom-up, atom-economic route directly from metals and molecular organohalides. The reactivity of organohalide p...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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News & Views by @jetsinglee.bsky.social to mark the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Medal for metal–organic frameworks

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Medal for metal–organic frameworks - Nature Synthesis
Building space into solids is the focus of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa (Kyoto University), Richard Robson (University of Melbourne) and Omar M. Yaghi (...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM