A new technique makes it much easier and cheaper to determine key characteristics of amine-containing chiral compounds synthesized individually or in parallel. The technique, which measures product ...

Mitch Jacoby is the executive editor for physical sciences at C&EN.

Enantiomers are molecules that are each other’s mirror image — like one’s left and right hand. They are said to be chiral, chirality being the term for ‘displaying handedness’. Although a pair of ...

As single-enantiomer drugs dominate the pharmaceutical market (1), custom manufacturers and technology providers are developing novel routes using biocatalysis and chemocatalysis, alone and combined, ...

video: Co-author Nicholas A. Kotov talks about the biomimetic nature of inorganic nanoparticles and their assemblies, the significance of mesoscale helical assemblies, and relevant technological ...

Bio-Logic (France) and Hinds Instruments (United States) are pleased to announce the launch of the EKKO®, the world’s first high throughput CD microplate reader. EKKO® demonstrates significant ...