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Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

A new light-activated catalyst enables deracemization via carbon–halogen bond cleavage—the first of its kind targeting heteroatom bonds—offering a streamlined route to chiral pharmaceuticals

Bonnie Murphy, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Germany, honored for outstanding achievements in catalysis research

Inspired by Nobel laureate Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Javier García Martínez shares tips for young scientists, gathering insights from both emerging and established chemists

E. H. Tiekink, R. Verdijk, T. A. Hamlin, F. M. Bickelhaupt used quantum chemistry to show that hydrogen-bonding organocatalysts speed up the Diels–Alder reaction

Dr. Tim Kinzel, Executive Director of the GDCh, speaks here about the importance of volunteer engagement, collaboration, and addressing the changing needs of society as a central task of modern chemical societies

Eva Wille reflects on creating trusted publishing brands, learning through publication, and the role of chemical societies in bridging scientific disciplines

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