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.

chemistry  /  progress in 2018  /  creating new molecules  /  interdisciplinary research