Energy is the most important issue of the 21st century. About 85% of our energy comes from
fossil fuels, a finite resource unevenly distributed beneath the Earth's surface. Reserves of …

The scarcity of 2 nd and 3 rd row transition metals such as ruthenium, iridium, rhodium and
osmium, coupled with a global desire for sustainable chemistry has led to the resurgence of …

Direct and efficient oxidation of methane to methanol and the related liquid oxygenates
provides a promising pathway for sustainable chemical industry, while still remaining an …

Recent advances in supramolecular coordination chemistry have allowed chemists to
synthesize macromolecular complexes that exhibit various properties intrinsic to enzymes …

Efficient degradation of plastics, the vital challenge for a sustainable future, stands in need of
better chemical recycling procedures that help produce commercially valuable small …

The development of new and highly efficient strategies for the rapid construction of
complicated molecular structures has huge implications and remains a preeminent goal in …

Porphyrins are frequently observed in nature and play a vital role in many biological
functions, including light-harvesting, oxygen transport, and catalytic transformations. The …

One of the main goals of 21st century chemistry is to replace environmentally hazardous
processes with energy efficient routes allowing to totally avoid the use and production of …

Concerted proton-coupled electron transfer is a key mechanism of substrate activation in
biological redox catalysis. However, its applications in organic synthesis remain largely …

In recent years, visible‐light‐induced C− H bond functionalization has become an emerging
field at the forefront of organic chemistry. In a general sense, these approaches rely on the …