A 21-step synthesis of (−)-nakadomarin A from the simple starting material D-pyroglutamic acid has been achieved
Soaking Up Synthesis
Built-in Flaw Identified
New fabrication methods that provide smaller structures and sharper interfaces needed to increase solar cell efficiency
Angewandte Author Profiles
Helmut Werner, Leroy Cronin, Otto Wolfbeis, and Takuzo Aida, are interviewed this month
UV or IR for AZT
IR and UV spectroscopy can be used to analyze the HIV/AIDS drug, Zidovudine (AZT) in solid dosage form
Fluorescent Polylactide Complex
Nontoxic, biodegradable complex for early tumor detection with fluorescence microscopy
Switchable Water
Addition of amines leads to water with switchable ionic strength for reversible salting out of organic compounds
Carl-Mannich-Medal To T. Dingerman
German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG) awards Carl-Mannich-Medal to its former president Professor Theo Dingermann
New O2 Production Unit
Air Liquide announces the commissioning of a new oxygen production unit in Italy; the total investment amounts to around 40 EUR million
Protecting the Sweetness
Protection of amino sugar precursors made easy through a Lewis acid mediated rearrangement
New Pathway to Polymers
Single electron transfer radical coupling reaction opens way to room temperature telechelic polymer synthesis