Explore a selection of recently published chemistry articles that were among the most read in December 2023 across all ACS Publications journals.

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Total Synthesis of (+)-Euphorikanin A via an Atropospecific Cascade
Moritz J. Classen, Bilal Kicin, Vincent A. P. Ruf, Alexander Hamminger, Loélie Ribadeau-Dumas, Willi M. Amberg, and Erick M. Carreira*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c11000
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c11000

Hair Dye Ingredients and Potential Health Risks from Exposure to Hair Dyeing
Lin He, Freideriki Michailidou, Hailey L. Gahlon, and Weibin Zeng*
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.1c00427
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.1c00427

A General Copper Catalytic System for Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Unactivated Secondary and Primary Alkyl Halides with Arylborons
Yonglei Zhou, Liping Qiu, Jian Li, and Weilong Xie*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c10628
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c10628

Fully Validated, Multi-Kilogram cGMP Synthesis of MDMA
Jay B. Nair*, Linda Hakes, Berra Yazar-Klosinski, and Kathryn Paisner
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c05520
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c05520

A Photochemical Strategy for the Conversion of Nitroarenes into Rigidified Pyrrolidine Analogues
Esteban Matador, Michael J. Tilby, Iakovos Saridakis, Manuel Pedrón, Dawid Tomczak, Josep Llaveria, Iuliana Atodiresei, Pedro Merino*, Alessandro Ruffoni*, and Daniele Leonori*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c10863
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c10863

Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling─Overview of Techniques and Trends
Zachary J. Baum*, Robert E. Bird, Xiang Yu, and Jia Ma
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.1c02602
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.1c02602

Catalytic Asymmetric α-Alkylation of Ketones with Unactivated Alkyl Halides
Peigen Wang, Liangwei Zhu, Jingwen Wang, and Zhonglin Tao*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c09614
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c09614

Photocatalytic Hydrogen Atom Transfer-Induced Arbuzov-Type α-C(sp3)–H Phosphonylation of Aliphatic Amines
Zhexuan Lei, Weigang Zhang*, and Jie Wu*
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c04621
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c04621

Ni-Catalyzed 1,1- and 1,3-Aminoboration of Unactivated Alkenes
Mao-Yun Lyu, Gabriel N. Morais, Shuming Chen*, and M. Kevin Brown*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c12770
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c12770

Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Linked Bis-Heterocycles─Synthesis and Investigation of Photophysical Properties
Ramon Arora, Bijan Mirabi, Andrew G. Durant, Carlota Bozal-Ginesta, Austin D. Marchese, Alán Aspuru-Guzik, and Mark Lautens*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07234
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07234