The Magazine of Chemistry Europe

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for June 2013

The pentasaccharide moiety of thornasteroside A, the first asterosaponin isolated from starfish, has been synthesized for the first time

Highly effective synthesis of 2,3-fused pyrroles has been achieved from readily available starting materials

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Worldwide, chemical companies saw slight decline in revenues in 2012

18th European Symposium on Organic Chemistry (ESOC 2013) sees future trends in close connection to biology, physics, and materials sciences

Huw Davis, Emory University, USA, has received the the Best Reagent Award for his widely used carbenoid precursor

Andrew Holmes, University of Melbourne, Australia, will be the Nozoe Lecturer in Taipei next year

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Martin Quack, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, celebrates his 65th birthday