Collaborations are essential for the future of chemistry, but so is appreciation of its history

Chemistry: Interdisciplinary and International – and with a Sense of History

Angewandte Chemie 47/2014: Molecular Machinery
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

New Pentafluorosulfanyls
Transformation of an existing heterocyclic sulfur functionality to prepare SF5-substituted heterocycles

Low-Cost, Nontoxic White LEDs
Intercrossed carbon nanorings used as low-cost and environmentally friendly phosphors for white-light-emitting diodes

70th Birthday: Reinhard Zellner
Reinhard Zellner, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, celebrates his 70th birthday

Getting the Measure of Nanoparticles
Capillary electrophoresis and inductively coupled mass spectrometry can be used for the accurate identification of nanoparticles

Angewandte Chemie 45/2014: Mechanics and Chemistry
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

The Smallest Marches to a Different Tune
Fundamental change in the nature of chemical bonding upon isotopic substitution

Ekkehard Winterfeldt (1932 – 2014)
Ekkehard Winterfeldt, former President of the GDCh (German Chemical Society), passed away on October 11

Chemoenzymatic Synthesis
The insecticide spinoysn A was synthesized by a chemoenzymatic approach