Asymmetric homogeneous hydrogenations at scale

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/C2CS15312B, Critical ReviewDavid J. Ager, Andre H. M. de Vries, Johannes G. de VriesThis critical review discusses issues that can arise when scaling up an asymmetric hydrogenation.To cite this [...]

Ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes and DNA-from structural probes to cellular imaging and therapeutics

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/C2CS15299A, Tutorial ReviewMartin R. Gill, Jim A. ThomasThe wide potential applications of metal complexes that reversibly interact with DNA are illustrated through specific examples drawn from [...]



Surface functionalization of nanoparticles for nanomedicine

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/C2CS15294K, HighlightRubul Mout, Daniel F. Moyano, Subinoy Rana, Vincent M. RotelloThis research Highlight emphasizes advances in tailoring nanoparticle interfaces for implementation in [...]

Dynamic imine chemistry

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/C2CS15305J, Tutorial ReviewMatthew E. Belowich, J. Fraser StoddartThis review highlights the utilisation of a 19th Century reaction-imine bond formation-and its exploitation in the construction of [...]

Drug development: longer-lived proteins

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/C2CS15289D, Tutorial ReviewStephan Kontos, Jeffrey A. HubbellTherapeutic proteins are widely used in clinic for the treatment of various diseases. Here, we review state-of-the-art chemical- and [...]



Bio-inspired variable structural color materials

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/C2CS15267C, Critical ReviewYuanjin Zhao, Zhuoying Xie, Hongcheng Gu, Cun Zhu, Zhongze GuThis critical review provides up-to-date research concerning the natural and bio-inspired photonic materials [...]

Chiral-at-metal complexes and their catalytic applications in organic synthesis

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/C2CS15234G, Tutorial ReviewEike B. BauerThis tutorial review provides an introduction to the synthesis, characterization, properties and catalytic applications of complexes with stereogenic metal [...]

Dicarba-closo-dodecarborane-containing half-sandwich complexes of ruthenium, osmium, rhodium and iridium: biological relevance and synthetic strategies

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/C2CS15300A, Critical ReviewNicolas P. E. Barry, Peter J. SadlerThis review describes how the incorporation of dicarba-closo-dodecarboranes into half-sandwich complexes of ruthenium, osmium, rhodium [...]

The impact of plant-pathogen studies on medicinal drug discovery

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/C2CS15301G, Tutorial ReviewChristian Ottmann, Renier A. L. van der Hoorn, Markus KaiserThis tutorial review demonstrates that the investigation of plant-pathogen interactions offers unexpected [...]

Autophagy-regulating small molecules and their therapeutic applications

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/C2CS15328A, Critical ReviewKyung-Hwa Baek, Jihye Park, Injae ShinThis critical review discusses general aspects of autophagy, autophagy-associated diseases and autophagy regulators for biological [...]