Explore a selection of recently published chemistry articles that were among the most read in May 2024 across all ACS Publications journals.

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Ultraviolet Superradiance from Mega-Networks of Tryptophan in Biological Architectures
N. S. Babcock, G. Montes-Cabrera, K. E. Oberhofer, M. Chergui, G. L. Celardo, and P. Kurian*
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c07936
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c07936

Visible-Light Photocatalytic C–H Amination of Arenes Utilizing Acridine–Lewis Acid Complexes
Matthew R. Lasky, En-Chih Liu, Matthew S. Remy, and Melanie S. Sanford*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c02991
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c02991

Concise Total Synthesis of (−)-Bipolarolide D
Shengling Sun, Qi Wei, Yufei Liu, and Zhaohong Lu*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c04059
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c04059

Microplastic Human Dietary Uptake from 1990 to 2018 Grew across 109 Major Developing and Industrialized Countries but Can Be Halved by Plastic Debris Removal
Xiang Zhao and Fengqi You*
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c00010
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c00010

Simultaneous Stereoinvertive and Stereoselective C(sp3)–C(sp3) Cross-Coupling of Boronic Esters and Allylic Carbonates
Hong-Cheng Shen, Ze-Shu Wang, Adam Noble, and Varinder K. Aggarwal*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03686
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03686

Nickel-Catalyzed Enantioselective Reductive Arylation of Common Ketones
Shuai Huang and Jianrong Steve Zhou*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c02818
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c02818

Flame Retardant Exposure in Vehicles Is Influenced by Use in Seat Foam and Temperature
Rebecca M. Hoehn, Lydia G. Jahl, Nicholas J. Herkert, Kate Hoffman, Anna Soehl, Miriam L. Diamond, Arlene Blum, and Heather M. Stapleton*
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c10440
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c10440

Carbene-Assisted Arene Ring-Opening
Zengrui Cheng, Haoran Xu, Zhibin Hu, Minghui Zhu, K. N. Houk*, Xiao-Song Xue*, and Ning Jiao*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03634
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03634

Emerging and Re-emerging Warheads for Targeted Covalent Inhibitors: An Update
Laura Hillebrand, Xiaojun Julia Liang, Ricardo A. M. Serafim, and Matthias Gehringer*
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c01825
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c01825

Palladium-Catalyzed anti-Michael-Type (Hetero)arylation of Acrylamides
Hirotsugu Suzuki*, Ryota Moro, and Takanori Matsuda*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c00841
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c00841