Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 25/2021: Dynamic Networks

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

Small and Versatile Highly Energetic Molecules
Small carbonyl azides synthesized and characterized

Richard Ernst (1933 – 2021)
Swiss physical chemist and Chemistry Nobel Laureate well-known for his work on NMR spectroscopy has passed away