The Magazine of Chemistry Europe

D. Milstein, Israel, and N. Martin, Spain, have been chosen as the 2012 EuCheMS Lecturers by the EuCheMS Executive Board

Book on how to write chemistry patents is reviewed by S. Manyem and C. Goddard, Fish & Richardson P.C., Boston, USA

First report of the synthesis of polymer-supported and large-scale free-standing metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes

Unique composition and architecture of cystoliths, mineralized objects found in the leaves of several plants, discovered

Sason Shaik, Israel, and Martin Quack, Switzerland, are awarded the August Wilhelm von Hofmann Gold Medal of the GDCh

M. Taillefer, France, has been awarded European sustainability award by EuCheMS for his work on Cu- and Fe-based catalysis

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for July 2012

Book on controlling photochemical processes is reviewed by Alberto Credi, University di Bologna, Italy

Dr. Detlef Schröder, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague, Czech Republic, has passed away

Overview of C–H functionalization strategies for rapid synthesis of biologically active compounds such as natural products and pharmaceutical targets