A centrifugal contact separator is used for the continuous enantioselective liquid–liquid extraction of an aqueous solution of a d,l-leucine derivative by a cinchona alkaloid extractant.

Ammonia–borane hydrolysis may become an important way to generate hydrogen. Readily available first-row transition metals cobalt, nickel, and copper easily catalyze this reaction.

Congress is poised to pass legislation reauthorizing the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), giving it more money and new authority. The most controversial provision, however, bans use of six phthalates in children's products.

Combinatorial methods usually are associated with drug development and the like. But these researchers are using them to reduce the time it takes to screen organic coatings for corrosion inhibition.

One of chemistry’s holy grails is a system that fixes N₂ for easy conversion to NH₃. Here are some tungsten and molybdenum N₂ complexes that produce NH₃ when treated with H₂SO₄ at room temperature.

Compared with the narrow edge that BASF had over Dow last year, the German giant holds comfortable sway over this year’s Top 50, which ranks companies according to worldwide chemical sales.