The Magazine of Chemistry Europe

Just in time for summer and the holiday season, open-air exhibitions about Marie Skłodowska-Curie are now on display in Warsaw, Genoa, Pisa, and Padua

A heterometallic Ni–Al complex breaks C–H bonds in pyridines with ligand-controlled precision

Hiroshi Shinokubo, Japan, and his coauthors discovered a simple reductive dimethylation that transforms Ni(II) 5,15-diazaporphyrins into stable, antiaromatic porphyrinoids

At IUPAC 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Stefan Grimme received the prestigious Chemistry Europe Award for his contributions to density functional theory

Photoactive iron–naphthalene complexes enable fast, environmentally friendly curing of even dark-pigmented alkyd paints

What to read or listen to this summer? I have asked members of the Chemistry Europe community to recommend enjoyable science-themed books and podcasts

First examples of planar tetracoordinate flourine atoms in binary M₄F₄⁻ (M = Li, Na) clusters have been predicted using quantum chemical methods

Max von Delius, Kerstin Leopold, and colleagues developed sulfur-rich network polymers that show excellent metal sorption and battery cathode performance

An open-air exhibition sheds light on the Nobel-winning chemist’s travels to Italy—focusing on her scientific work, friendships, and international collaborations—through newly uncovered archives, documents, and photos

Cation–anion shape matching can direct aurophilic interactions in solid-state gold(III) complexes