Researchers designed dithiocarbamato complexes as anticancer drugs using the metal's cytotoxicity and the ligands' protective effects

Combining Metal Ions and Ligands to Fight Cancer

Preventing The Breakdown of Heterochromatin
Newly discovered enzymes and transcription factors are important for the stability of heterochromatin

Double-Edged Synthesis
A two-directional total synthesis has been used by US chemists to construct microbial molecules with anticancer properties

Structure and Bonding of Tetracyanopyrrolides
Salts containing the binary tetracyanopyr rolide anion were synthesized from tetracyano-1,4-dithiin and sodium azide

Kurt Bock New President of Cefic
Dr. Kurt Bock, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, has been elected as president of Cefic

More PhD Students Around the Globe
A new report shows similar evolutions in doctoral education in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa

Making Terpenes Under Strain
A non-stop polycyclization approach to the synthesis of strained terpenes has been devised by chemists in the US

Angewandte Chemie 40/2012: Electrics, Electronics, and Ergodicity
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Who's Next? 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry – Voting Results Friday 28 September
Latest results for the predictions for the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Rare Earth Recycling
Investment worth more than 15 million EUR to recycle rare earths from end-of-life equipment