Discover the Most-Read Chemistry Articles of January 20201

There are lots of different ways to look at the reach of an article. You can look at citations, Altmetric Attention Scores, awards, and more. One way to consider the influence of an article is just by looking at how many people chose to read it. To that end, we’ve compiled lists of the five most-read chemistry articles from each ACS Publications journal in January 2021, including traditional articles, reviews, perspectives, and editorial pieces. These lists were not chosen by the journals’ editors and should not be taken as a “best of” list, but as another perspective on where the chemistry community allocated their attention.

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Proteolytic Activation of SARS-CoV-2 Spike at the S1/S2 Boundary: Potential Role of Proteases beyond Furin
Open Access Through ACS Editors’ Choice
DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00701

Early Returns on Small Molecule Therapeutics for SARS-CoV-2
DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00874

Combining Colistin and Fluconazole Synergistically Increases Fungal Membrane Permeability and Antifungal Cidality
Open Access Through ACS AuthorChoice
DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00721

Structure–Activity Relationships of Pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7(4H)-ones as Antitubercular Agents
Open Access Through ACS AuthorChoice
DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00851

A Machine Learning Strategy for Drug Discovery Identifies Anti-Schistosomal Small Molecules
Open Access Through ACS AuthorChoice
DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00754

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A Year Like No Other
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03477

Tripodal P3XFe–N2 Complexes (X = B, Al, Ga): Effect of the Apical Atom on Bonding, Electronic Structure, and Catalytic N2-to-NH3 Conversion
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03354

Synthesis and Reactivity of Iron Complexes with a Biomimetic SCS Pincer Ligand
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03427

Excited-State Dynamics of [Ru(S–Sbpy)(bpy)2]2+ to Form Long-Lived Localized Triplet States
Open Access through ACS AuthorChoice
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03163

Widening the Window of Spin-Crossover Temperatures in Bis(formazanate)iron(II) Complexes via Steric and Noncovalent Interactions
Open Access through ACS AuthorChoice
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03593

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An Organic Chemist’s Guide to N-Nitrosamines: Their Structure, Reactivity, and Role as Contaminants
Open Access Through ACS Editors’ Choice
DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c02774

Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (−)-Spirochensilide A, Part 1: Diastereoselective Synthesis of the ABCD Ring and Stereoselective Total Synthesis of 13(R) Demethyl Spirochensilide A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c02494

Isomerization and Fragmentation Reactions on the [C2SH4] Potential Energy Surface: The Metastable Thione S-Methylide Isomer
Open Access Through ACS Editors’ Choice
DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c02835

Asymmetric Total Synthesis and Revision of Absolute Stereochemistry for (+)-Taumycin A: An Approach that Exploits Orthogonally Protected Quasienantiomers
DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c02820

Photocatalytic Reductive C–O Bond Cleavage of Alkyl Aryl Ethers by Using Carbazole Catalysts with Cesium Carbonate
DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c02663

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Opportunities for Next-Generation Luminescent Materials through Artificial Intelligence
Open Access Through ACS Editors’ Choice
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03203

Impact of Glycans on Lipid Membrane Dynamics at the Nanoscale Unveiled by Planar Plasmonic Nanogap Antennas and Atomic Force Spectroscopy
Open Access Through ACS AuthorChoice
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03439

Tuning Transition Electric and Magnetic Dipole Moments: [7]Helicenes Showing Intense Circularly Polarized Luminescence
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03174

Spectroscopic Determination of Key Energy Scales for the Base Hamiltonian of Chromium Trihalides
Open Access Through ACS AuthorChoice
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03476

Effective Negative Diffusion of Singlet Excitons in Organic Semiconductors
Open Access Through ACS AuthorChoice
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03171

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