Personal insight into Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus's scientific career and the experiences that shaped her success

First Female Chemist’s Autobiography in the Lives in Chemistry Series

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How Does a Fire Extinguisher Work?
This short video explains the chemistry behind fire extinguishers, including why CO2 puts out flames, and why water is a bad idea for extinguishing oil fires

Site-Selective Hydrogenation of Amides
Copper(I) N-heterocyclic carbene catalyst with an organocatalytic guanidine moiety for amide reduction

How Ozempic Works: (Bio)Chemical Perspectives on Weight Loss Drugs
The science behind the hype: How do they work?, How are they made?, How safe are they?, and could they really be a panacea for the “obesity epidemic”?

Iron Porphyrinoid for the Electrochemical Reduction of CO2
Methanol formed as a major product

Women in Chemistry Quiz
How well do you know the female scientists who have shaped the world of chemistry? Let's find out!

Europium(III)-Based Hybrid Lanthanide Scintillators for X-ray Imaging
Synergistic interactions between dual organic ligands and lanthanide ions provide high radioluminescence and light yield

Angewandte Chemie 1/2025: New Year, Many Faces
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Catalyst-Free N-Acylation of Azoles
Photochemical transformation using aldehydes with inexpensive BrCCl3 as the oxidant