Highlights from Chemistry Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals

Most Accessed Articles: May 2021

Microrobots for the Photocatalytic Degradation of Microplastics
Combination of photocatalytic and magnetic materials allows self-propelled motion under light and manipulation with a magnetic field

Angewandte Chemie 25/2021: Dynamic Networks
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

4th International Green Catalysis Symposium (GreenCat2022)
Focusing on recent discoveries in sustainable catalysis

SARS-CoV-2 Protease Can Target Human Proteins
Cleavage of host proteins by viral proteases could be related to COVID-19 symptoms

Enzymatic Friedel-Crafts Alkylations
Squalene-hopene cyclases provide a biological alternative to the traditional reaction

Active Platinum Species
Catalytic high-temperature oxidations: Individual atom or metal cluster?

Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis of Unnatural Amino Acids
Enantioconvergent coupling of racemic alkyl electrophiles with alkylzinc reagents, promoted by earth-abundant metal

Three-Component Staudinger Reaction
Synthesis of β-lactams from amines, aldehydes, and diazoketones

Hydrogels Can Firm Up Under Stress
Polyethylene glycol hydrogels crosslinked using sliding rings