European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) to work together for better chemical safety

Better Chemical Safety

Angewandte Chemie 52/2010 – Happy Holidays!
An overview of this week's Angewandte Chemie

Aromatics at a Pinch
Some of the most important feedstock chemicals, aromatic hydrocarbons, made in in high yield with 'pincer'-ligated Ir catalysts

50 Million for R&D
Clariant Builds Innovation Center in Frankfurt representing an investment of more than 50 million Euros

Tackling Mad Cow Disease and its Relatives
Hope for previously untreatable, prion-caused diseases comes from the indole-3-glyoxylamide family

Finnair to Switch to Renewable Fuels
The Finnish airline Finnair Oy has announced its intention to move towards fuels made from renewable sources

Adding Value to Biodiesel By-Products
Iron and vanadium-based catalyst converts the major by-product of biodiesel production into acrylic acid and acrolein

Ultrasonic Carbon Microspheres
Pores of microscopic carbon spheres loaded with iron-based nanoparticles in a single step by using ultrasonic spray pyrolysis

Analyzing Powder Caking with AFM
Atomic force microscopy has been used to image the caking behaviour of powders, revealing nonuniform surface composition

Cytotoxic Amphidinin B Synthesized
The first stereoselective total synthesis of Amphidinin B has been achieved on a gram-scale, allowing biological evaluation