The large central cavity of octulene can bind anions in nonpolar media

Octulene: A Hydrocarbon that Binds Anions

Mild and Simple Peptide Coupling Reaction
Silafluorenyl dichlorides can be used to couple amino acids with little or no epimerization

Creeping Gel
Photosensitive self-oscillating gel to model biological crawling motions

Angewandte Chemie 44/2016: New Paradigms
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Where Does Cisplatin Bind?
Identification of genome-wide cisplatin cross-linking sites with DNA base resolution

The Taming of Xenon Trioxide
Xenon trioxide adducts with nitrile ligands isolated

Self-Healable Battery
Lithium ion battery for electronic textiles grows back together after breaking

Hidden Chirality
Nitrogen-15 isotope can trigger asymmetric autocatalytic reactions toward chiral organic compounds

Six-Nucleotide Aptamers
In vitro evolution technique produces six-nucleotide aptamers that can target specific cells

Preprints, Unethical Behavior, but also Lots of Good News
Peter Gölitz, Editor-in-Chief of Angewandte Chemie, asks in his Editorial: Do we really need preprints as well?