The Adv. Synth. Catal. journal features on its front cover of the April 2026 issue the research article “Engineering Cumene Dioxygenase for Regioselective Hydroxylation of Monoterpenes and Monoterpenoids” by Prof. Marc Garcia-Borràs in collaboration with Prof. Bernhard Hauer (University of Stuttgart). The painted design by Fátima Navarro-Cetina and WesWizzArt depicts the cumene dioxygenase-catalyzed hydroxylation of monoterpenes. Engineering of this
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The Protein Sci. journal features on its front cover of the December 2025 issue the research article “A naturally occurring standalone TrpB enzyme provides insights into allosteric communication within tryptophan synthase” by Prof. Sílvia Osuna in collaboration with Prof. Reinhard Sterner (University of Regensburg). The study of enzymes continues to reveal new layers of complexity in how these sophisticated molecular
The Chem. Sci. journal features on its front cover of the November 2025 issue the research article “Mimicking sMMOH chemistry: trapping the Sc3+-bound nonheme FeIII–O–O–FeIII adduct prior to its conversion into an FeIV2(m-O)2 core” by Prof Marcel Swart in collaboration with Prof. Lawrence Que (University of Minnesota). Di-iron systems that activate O2 to form high-valent, oxo-bridged FeIV2 or FeIIIFeIV products
The Chem. Sci. journal features on its front cover of the November 2025 issue the research article “Enhancing the Statistical Probability Factor in Triplet-Triplet Annihiltaion Photon Upconversion via TIPS Functionalization” by Prof Miquel Solà in collaboration with Kasper Moth-Poulsen group. This work shows the infl uence of triisopropylsilyl functionalization on annihilators in triplet–triplet annihilation photon upconversion, specifi
The ACS Catalysis journal features on its front cover of the October 2025 issue the research article “Million-Fold Activation of C–H Bonds by Fluorinated Nonheme FeIV=O Complexes via Second Sphere Equatorial Substitution and Catalytic Epoxidation to Boot” by Prof. Marcel Swart in collaboration with Prof. Lawrence Que Jr group. Replacing the methyl groups of a tetramethylcyclam N4-macrocyclic ligand by polyfluorinated arenes
The Chemical Communications journal features on its front cover of the September 2025 issue the research article “Aromaticity of All-Metal Clusters” by Prof. Miquel Solà in collaboration with Dr. Alvaro Muñoz-Castro group. The first all-metal aromatic cluster, Al42?, face-capped by an M+ cation (M = Li, Na, Cu), was detected in 2001. Since then, several all-metal aromatic clusters have been extensively studied.
The ChemCatChem journal features on its front cover of the March 2025 issue the research article “Unveiling the Catalytic Activity of Nickel(II) Complexes of Pentadentate Ligands in Aromatic Oxidations” by Sethuraman Muthuramalingam and Prof. Miquel Costas in collaboration with Dr. Prabha Vadivelu and Dr. Muniyandi Sankaralingam group. The Cover Feature depicts the hydroxylation of benzene to phenol in the
The scope of nature’s catalytic abilities has been expanded by recent advancements in biocatalysis to include synthetic transformations with no biological equivalent. However, these newly introduced catalytic functions represent only a small fraction of reactions utilized in synthetic catalysis. Here we present a biocatalytic platform that combines photoredox and metalloenzymatic catalysis for enantioselective radical transformations.
The J. Phys. Chem. C journal features on its front cover of the January 2025 issue the research article “Density Functional Theory Investigation of 2D Phase Separated Graphene / Hexagonal Boron Nitride Monolayers; Bandgap, Band Edge Positions and Photo-Activity” by Prof. Marcel Swart in collaboration with Dr. Eoin M. O’Sullivan and Prof. Nicole Grobert group. The corresponding paper was
Cover Nat. Synth. on Biocatalytic desymmetrization for synthesis of chiral enones using flavoenzymes
The Nature Synthesis journal features on its front cover of the November 2024 issue the research article “Biocatalytic desymmetrization for synthesis of chiral enones using flavoenzymes” by Dr. Garcia-Borràs in collaboration with Prof. Zhen Liu’s group. Chiral enones are produced, using flavin-dependent ene-reductases, through a desymmetrization approach. Enzymatic desaturation and reduction processes enable the synthesis of