Highlights from this month's CHEManager Europe

Metal-free catalysts that effect transfer hydrogenation in imines, enamines, and N-heterocycles, offer simpler routes to novel molecules

Newly synthesized polymer, fitted with molecular pincers, effectively captures nicotine molecules and its analogues

German chemical industry is the largest chemical exporter worldwide; its export lead over the USA could be further increased in 2010

Effects of ethanol-loving bacteria on fatigue cracking of pipeline steel

Molecular interactions of solvation and stabilization mechanisms of metallic nanoparticles in ionic liquids

Thermal and mechanical stimuli switch the luminescence of a liquid-crystal mixture between three different colors

A new catalyst for converting ethanol made from biomass gives a renewable path to fuel additives, rubber and solvents

Practical and general method for the synthesis of boronic intermediates that readily undergo the Suzuki reaction

Organometallic Chemistry Directed Towards Organic Synthesis Symposium provided some interesting chemistry and entertainment