2018年化学热点回眸

 2018年，化学学科在合成与催化、理论与机制、分析与测量等核心领域取得诸多突破性进展；更重要的是，化学作为一门传统学科，在与生命、医学、材料、环境、能源等领域的交叉中焕发出新活力，极大地拓展了自身的发展空间。本文选择一些代表性示例，介绍了2018年化学在新分子创造、结构表征、催化合成、手性科学等方向的亮点工作，评述了对化学生物学、机器学习在化学中的应用、材料与能源化学等交叉领域的典型成果。

Selected hot topics of chemistry in 2018

In 2018, significant progresses have been made in traditional and interdisciplinary research fields of chemistry. In this article we review some selected hot spots, including design of new molecules, chemical imaging, catalysis and synthesis, chiral molecular science, machine learning in chemistry, chemical biology, and materials chemistry. We also introduce the outstanding advances made by Chinese chemists in 2018.