Simple analogues of platensimycin, inhibitors of bacterial enzymes, are made in just two-flask reactions from commercial aldehydes

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for January 2011

Identification of chemical reaction responsible for the degradation of two paintings by Vincent van Gogh could help in their preservation

European Women in Chemistry edited by Jan Apotheker and Livia Simon Sarkadi, reviewed by Francesco De Angelis, University of l’Aquila, Italy

Two-step strategy presents a new route for the design of structurally novel anti-influenza drugs

CO dissociation from ruthenium complexes plays a key role in the racemization of alcohols

Milling single-walled nanotubes (SWNT) results in homogeously sized, pristine, highly dispersible SWNTs that can be functionalized

Photosynthetic plant proteins and synthetic polymers shown to self-assemble and produce H2 from light

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Drug discovery - where does the future lie? Small molecule drugs will play a major role according to H. Wild and D. Heimbach