Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Angewandte Chemie 33/2012: Illuminating
Industrial Production of Biodiesel
The conceptual optimal design for the production of biodiesel using bioethanol within the context of a biorefinery is investigated
Climatic Change Causes Bacteria Outbreak
Empirical evidence that anthropogenic climate change increases the emergence of disease through its impact on resident bacterial communities
New Sol–Gel Technique for the Synthesis of MoxTi Catalysts
Selective transesterification of diethyl oxalate with phenol to diphenyl oxalate in the liquid phase over efficient solid-acid sol–gel catalysts
Health-Preserving Wonders of Resveratrol
Mechanism by which resveratrol, found in grapes and present in wine, exerts antiaging metabolic benefits has been uncovered
Optimizing Water Treatment
Framework developed to address problem of designing cost optimized and robust reverse osmosis (RO) systems for desalination
Controlled Release Applications
Self-assembly of three molecular components results in a delivery platform, the release rate of which can be tuned after its production
New Nitrogen-Rich Energetic Molecules
The synthesis, spectroscopic, crystallographic, energetic, and impact properties of a series of tetrazolate derivatives have been evaluated
Peptides as Asymmetric Catalysts
Short peptides can function as effective asymmetric catalysts and templates for the controlled formation of metal nanoparticles
Chelating Copper to be Virulent
During Escherichia coli infection the siderophore yersiniabactin binds host copper to counteract its toxicity