In this issue, P. C. A. Bruijnincx et al. review the kinetics and thermodynamics in furan Diels–Alder reactions for sustainable chemicals production. J. Zhou et al. discuss design strategies for high-energy-density aqueous zinc batteries in a further Review.

In the original research section, B. Hoge et al. report oxidative additions of C–F bonds to the silanide anion [Si(C₂F₂)₃]⁻ (see picture). G. Fernández et al. describe anti-cooperative self-assembly with maintained emission regulated by conformational and steric effects. R. Kretschmer et al. synthesized a highly fluorescent dinuclear aluminium complex with near-unity quantum yield, and J. Ashley et al. succeeded in the protein-templated synthesis of enzyme-generated aptamers.

• Angewandte Chemie 17/2022: Interplay,
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