This week: Genomic enzymology, ferric heme-nitrosyl complexes, synthesis of benzoxazoles — and more! Each and every day, ACS grants free access to a new peer-reviewed research article from one of the Society’s journals. These articles are specially chosen by a team of scientific editors of ACS journals from around the world to highlight the transformative […]

This week: Genomic enzymology, ferric heme-nitrosyl complexes, synthesis of benzoxazoles — and more!

Each and every day, ACS grants free access to a new peer-reviewed research article from one of the Society’s journals. These articles are specially chosen by a team of scientific editors of ACS journals from around the world to highlight the transformative power of chemistry. Access to these articles will remain open to all as a public service.

Check out this week’s picks!
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A Phosphonium Ylide as an Ionic Nucleophilic Catalyst for Primary Hydroxyl Group Selective Acylation of Diols

ACS Catal., 2017, 7, pp 6150–6154
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b02281
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Terahertz-Driven Luminescence and Colossal Stark Effect in CdSe–CdS Colloidal Quantum Dots

Nano Lett., Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b01837
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Genomic Enzymology: Web Tools for Leveraging Protein Family Sequence–Function Space and Genome Context to Discover Novel Functions

Biochemistry, 2017, 56 (33), pp 4293–4308
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00614
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Ferric Heme-Nitrosyl Complexes: Kinetically Robust or Unstable Intermediates?

Inorg. Chem., Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01493
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Variation in Extracellular Detoxification Is a Link to Different Carcinogenicity among Chromates in Rodent and Human Lungs

Chem. Res. Toxicol., Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.7b00172
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Asymmetric Total Syntheses of Colchicine, β-Lumicolchicine, and Allocolchicinoid N-Acetylcolchinol-O-methyl Ether (NCME)

Org. Lett., Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b02224
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Synthesis of Benzoxazoles Using Electrochemically Generated Hypervalent Iodine

J. Org. Chem., Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b01686
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