Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, well-known for teaching the chemical community how to use molecular orbitals, and a poet and playwright

85th Birthday: Roald Hoffmann

Efficient Catalytic CO2 Conversion
Recoverable and recyclable porous covalent organic framework (COF) supports regenerable carbenes for chemical CO2 fixation

Which Grants to Apply For?
Seven questions to help figure out which grants to apply for and which might be a waste of time

Biocatalytic C4-Prenylation of Tryptophan Derivatives
A toolbox of 4-dimethylallyltryptophan synthases (4-DMATSs) to produce a set of 4-dimethylallyl tryptophan and indole derivatives identified

Complete Biosynthesis of Strychnine
Biosynthetic pathway in Strychnos nux-vomica determined and strychnine produced in a model plant using metabolic engineering

The First Flat B6H6 Ring
Planar hexagonal borophene stabilized by bridging hydrogen atoms in a triple-decker sandwich complex

Future Insight™ Prize Awarded to Tobias Erb
Tobias Erb, Marburg, Germany, is working on capturing CO2 and converting it into new chemical building blocks using biocatalysts

Acyclic Anionic Oxoboranes and Iminoboranes Synthesized
Boron compounds that are isoelectronic to ketones and alkynes, respectively

Artificial Photosynthesis for Food Production
Electrochemical process converts CO2 to acetate, which can be used for the cultivation of food crops

Transition-Metal‐Free C−H Silylation of Alkynes
Potassium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide (KHMDS) serves as an efficient catalyst