Stay up to date with a selection of recently published articles from ACS journals that were among the most read in December 2024.
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The impact of a scientific article can be assessed in many ways, and one key indicator of reach and influence is its readership. Here, we present a curated list of 10 most-read chemistry articles during December 2024, showcasing influential and trending research across ACS journals.*
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Exploring the Siderophore Portfolio for Mass Spectrometry-Based Diagnosis of Scedosporiosis and Lomentosporiosis
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c08257
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Selective Reduction of Esters to Access Aldehydes Using Fiddler Crab-Type Boranes
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c14596
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Temperature Cycling Induced Deracemization of p-Synephrine in the Presence of Degradation
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c06807
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Iterative One-Carbon Homologation of Unmodified Carboxylic Acids
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c13630
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Effects of Microplastic Exposure on Human Digestive, Reproductive, and Respiratory Health: A Rapid Systematic Review
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c09524
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Tunable Thiazolium Carbenes for Enantioselective Radical Three-Component Dicarbofunctionalizations
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c11947
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Natural Products Driven Medicinal Chemistry
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c02736
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Total Synthesis of Euphorbialoid A
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c14520
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The Golden Age of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials: Design and Exploitation
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00755
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Single-Carbon Insertion into Single C–C Bonds with Diazirines
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c12632
*These lists are not chosen by the journals’ editors and should not be taken as a “best of” collection, but as another perspective on what recently published research attracted the most attention in a particular month.