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An Even-Handed Approach to Odd Hydrogen Bonds
A novel type of hydrogen bond, with implications for platinum-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation, has been spectroscopically identified
Pentagon Fusion
Chlorine substitution stabilizes an unusual C64 fullerene with three adjacent pentagon units
Remarkable Adsorption Selectivity in MOFs
The material Co-MOF-74 reported to exhibit record selectivity for absorption of propene over propane for any MOF described to date
Science Award Electrochemistry
BASF SE and Volkswagen AG to fund excellent scientific research in electrochemistry in the faculties of chemistry, physics and engineering
Halogen Control for Bromolactonizations
Bifunctional catalyst can generate lactones with new carbon-bromine bonds with high enantioselectivity for natural product synthesis
At Least 60 Years of Ferrocene
An Essay by Helmut Werner in Angewandte Chemie outlines the discovery of sandwich complexes
New Process for Menthol Production
BASF will be putting the world's largest production plant for nature-identical menthol into operation in summer 2012
Angewandte Chemie 27/2012: Always an Inspiration
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Robust Oxidative Heck Arylation
Exploiting the scope of aryltrifluoroborates for the palladium(II)-catalyzed coupling with olefins