Formation of amyloid aggregates from the condensation of amino acids under prebiotic conditions

A Prebiotic Route to Order from Complexity

Nanoreactors with Gold Cores
MOF shell containing gold nanoparticles catalyzes the oxidation of alcohols

Surface-Assisted Coupling of Tetrapyrroles to Graphene
Dehydrogenative coupling of single porphines to graphene edges on a metal substrate

New Platinum-Sulfur Complexes
Two-coordinate platinum(0) activates elemental sulfur

EurJOC Lecture at ORCHEM 2016
Ilan Marek, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, honored

Gmelin-Beilstein Memorial Medal 2016
Joe P. Richmond honored for contributions to the chemical literature

Reproducibility in Chemical Research
Deliberate falsification of data is rare; researchers should be aware of the dangers of unconscious investigator bias

First Stable Bromoallene Oxides
Epoxidation of 1-bromo-1,3-dialkylallenes produces the first crystalline allene oxide of any kind

Greenfield Coal-to-Chemicals Complex
SABIC, SNCG, and Ningxia Hui autonomous region of China agree on cooperation principles for possible joint venture

70th Birthday: E. Peter Kündig
Former President of the Swiss Chemical Society celebrates 70th birthday