A magnetic microgel acts as a support material for a palladium catalyst, improving efficiency and recyclability in Suzuki and Heck reactions

Magnetic Catalytic

Biofunctionalization of Polymer Surfaces
A new technique for functionalizing cyclic olefin copolymers has been developed by Korean chemists

Atheroprotective Activity of Spirulina
Atheroprotective activity of Spirulina may be due to it having a protein with a similar structure to bilirubin

Oxygen-Promoted Suzuki Reaction
Carbon plays a key role for aqueous Suzuki reactions in air

Innocent Ligand Behavior in Indium(I) Complexes
Substituted 1,4-diazabutadienes show unprecedented "innocent" behavior to give indium-based equivalent of N-heterocyclic carbenes

Synthetic Graphene Fragments
Synthetic routes to large, extended polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which might be considered as fragments or "cutouts" of graphene

Coffee Protects Against Cancer
Coffee protects against Aflatoxin B1 induced damage to DNA in rats and thus shows anti-cancerogenic effects

Angewandte Chemie 39/2013: A Quantum of Nobility
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Networking for Natural Products
A new method to identify known natural products in complex mixtures makes use of MS/MS technique

Locked in Lipid Pools
Design of lipidated light-responsive constructs that sequester bioagents to the membranes of organelles and cells