Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 4/2021: Multiple Functions

How Innate Immunity Influences COVID-19 Viral Load
Mathematical model of SARS-CoV-2 infection dynamics developed

New Antifungal Agent Found in Ant Farms
Symbiotic bacteria living with fungus-growing ants produce metabolites that protect the ants' crop

Structural Characterization of Actinide Nanomaterials
Combination of analytic methods provides insight into difficult-to-characterize particles

Cerium-Based Catalysts for Cyclic Polylactide Production
Faster, more selective path to sustainable cyclic polymer with high molar mass

Lignin Cellulose Nanofibrils for Supercapacitor Electrodes
Strong and flexible thin-film electrodes with high energy storage performance

Direct Arylation of Simple Arenes Using Synergistic Ag and Pd Catalysis
Coupling arenes with aryl bromides without directing groups

MOFs as Polymerization Photocatalysts
Porphyrinic zirconium MOFs for PET‐RAFT polymerization

Chiral Star-Shaped Catenane
Heterometallic hexameric circular helicate synthesized and converted to [2]catenane

Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (+)-Taumycin A
Absolute stereochemistry assigned via synthesis of two diastereomers