January 10, 2011 Issue

Middle East: The Region Wants To Beat Its Cracker Addiction

U.S. Weak Domestic Demand Will Be Offset By Strong Exports, Low Natural Gas Prices

Cleantech: Venture Capitalists Seek To Lower Risk

(p.15)

Paints And Coatings: Recovery Will Come Slowly In Developed Economies

Electronic Materials: Growth Will Decelerate After Bumper Year

(p.13)

Finance: Chemical Firms Have Cash To Spend But Are Wary Of Large Investments

Fine Chemicals: Executives See An 'Okay' Year Ahead

Inorganics: After A Rough Spell, Steadier Times Lie Ahead

Instrumentation: Year Ahead Will Test Robustness Of The Recovery

(p.11)

Petrochemicals: North American Firms Are Pleasantly Surprised By A Robust Market

News of the Week

Nanorings Synthesized Simply

Templating: Small templates and building blocks combine to make extra-large structures

(p.4)

Oversight Galore In New Congress

Politics: Republicans taking control of House vow close scrutiny of federal actions

(p.4)

Two’s A Charm For Nickel Complex

Organometallics: Low-coordinate nickel species presents intriguing electronic structure and reactivity

(p.4)

Drug Approvals Declined In 2010

Regulation: Industry faced tough FDA scrutiny of new products

(p.5)

Probing The Anomeric Effect

Carbohydrate Chemistry: Peptide sensor provides clues to phenomenon that stabilizes sugars

(p.5)

Biobased Chemicals: Myriant To Build Succinic Acid Plant In Louisiana

(p.7)

EPA Tasks States To Cut Emissions

Climate Change: Agency empowers local authorities to regulate CO₂ and other greenhouse gases

(p.7)

Extending Alkyne Versatility

Organic Intermediates: Selective cascade isomerization reaction converts alkynes into α,ω-diesters

(p.8)

Multimetal Organic Complexes

Synthesis: Method couples various metals in predetermined sequences

(p.8)

Departments

Business

Printing The Right Connections

More than a decade after coming to market, printed electronics have yet to make a big impact

(pp. 20-21)

The Drug Refinery

Trevena uses ‘biased ligands’ to fine-tune the effect of drugs on g-protein-coupled receptors

(pp. 22-23)

Latin America: Buoyant Chemical Companies Keep A Cautious Eye On The Rest Of The World

Middle East: The Region Wants To Beat Its Cracker Addiction

U.S. Weak Domestic Demand Will Be Offset By Strong Exports, Low Natural Gas Prices

Cleantech: Venture Capitalists Seek To Lower Risk

(p.15)

Paints And Coatings: Recovery Will Come Slowly In Developed Economies

Electronic Materials: Growth Will Decelerate After Bumper Year

(p.13)

Finance: Chemical Firms Have Cash To Spend But Are Wary Of Large Investments

Fine Chemicals: Executives See An 'Okay' Year Ahead

Inorganics: After A Rough Spell, Steadier Times Lie Ahead

Instrumentation: Year Ahead Will Test Robustness Of The Recovery

(p.11)

Petrochemicals: North American Firms Are Pleasantly Surprised By A Robust Market