Industrial chemist formerly at BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany

70th Birthday: Michael Röper

New CEO of Merck KGaA
Belén Garijo appointed Executive Board Chairman and CEO of Merck KGaA

Source of Musty Off-Flavor in Cocoa Identified
Levels of (−)-geosmin and 3-methyl-1H-indole shown to be important factors

Angewandte Chemie 19/2021: Life as We Know It
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

LEDs with Reduced Blue Light Could Prevent Sleep Disruption
New phosphor produces a warm white light with a reduced blue component

Materials Mimic Stiffness Changes of Marine Animals
Polypseudorotaxane‐based sea cucumber mimic designed

Diastereoselective Synthesis of Polysubstituted Isoxazolines
Sequential formal [4+1]‐cycloaddition, C–H functionalization, and Suzuki‐Miyaura cross‐coupling

A Monomeric Aluminum Imide with an Al≡N Bond
Short bond distances and linear structure provide evidence for triple bond

High Ammonia Packing Density in Metal–Organic Framework
Reversible adsorption in Al-based framework functionalized with free carboxylic acid and hydroxyl groups

Conjugated Copolymers That Shouldn't Be
Unexpected excited-state conjugation in a series of ladder silsesquioxane-derived polymers