Halogen bonds were first proposed as an activating interaction in 2008, but this alternative type of organocatalysis was ...

Japanese researchers have succeeded in catalytic asymmetric iodoesterification from simple alkene substrates and carboxylic acids. Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition on April 27, ...

image: RUDN University chemists derived molecules that can assemble into complex structures using chlorine and bromine halogen atoms. They bind to each other as "velcro" -- chlorine "sticks" to ...