Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 32/2017: An Active Catalyst

Protein From Air and Energy
Batch of single-cell protein created using electricity, water, microbes, and carbon dioxide

70th Birthday: Bernd Ondruschka
Technical chemist celebrates 70th birthday

Preventing Thin Film Dewetting
Suppression of thin film dewetting by capping layers containing graphene and molybdenum disulfide monolayers

Mimicking Antifreeze Proteins
Self-assembled enantiopure metallohelices prevent ice formation

Iridium-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization
Intramolecular hydrocarbonation creates cyclic products with quaternary stereocenters

Practical Solar Methanol Production
Gas-to-liquid conversion of syngas to methanol studied under realistic unsteady-state conditions

Copying Beetles to Harvest Water
Patterned surfaces mimic desert beetles to collect water from humid air

Lending a Helping Pyridine Arm
Triazolylidene ligand containing a pendant pyridine unit suitable for dehydrogenation and N–H bond activatio

2D Material Removes Mercury
Molybdenum disulfide nanosheets absorb mercury ions from water