Template-assisted synthesis dramatically improves the yield of functionalized oligophenylene cages, report researchers from Japan.

Dopa is a modified amino acid with one more hydroxyl group attached to tyrosine, and research on underwater adhesion started with the fact that Dopa makes up a large component of the adhesive protein.

The NTHU team in Taiwan recently developed a novel strategy of directly introducing both trifluoromethyl and hydroxyl/amino hydroxyl synthon groups across alkenes with high enantioselectivities by ...

By acetylating the amino groups or phosphorylating the hydroxyl groups, the AMEs change the polarity of the aminoglycosides which reduces their cellular permeability.