The Magazine of Chemistry Europe

Two efficient, complementary protocols developed

Martin Muhler, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, honored for outstanding work in catalysis research

Highly active and stable catalyst provides high ammonia yield

Germany's most prestigious research prize awarded

Strained, cage-like antiviral diterpenoids

Outstanding work on self-amplification in asymmetric catalysis, enantioselective autocatalysis, and determination of absolute configuration by direct methods honored

Kai Exner, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, honored

Highlights from Chemistry Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals

Efficient transition-metal-free Sonogashira-type coupling reaction

Photocatalytic activity enhanced up to three times by confining a catalyst within a compact nanoparticle environment