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Angewandte Chemie 51/2017: The Quest for Gold

Axial-to-Central Chirality Conversion
From axially chiral naphthols to chiral α-halogenated ketones via halogenative dearomatization

Structure-Activity Imaging of Porous Catalysts
Structure-reactivity relationships in fluid catalytic cracking (ffc) particles were studied

Electrochemical C–H Functionalization
An electrochemical αC-H thiocyanation and sulfenylation of ketones with a dual catalysts system

Renewable Alternative to Cellulose
Catalytic hydrogenation of macroalgae-derived alginic acid into sugar alcohols over ruthenium support on carbon

70th Birthday: Jan-E. Bäckvall
The organic chemist Jan-E. Bäckvall, Stockholm University, celebrates his 70th birthday

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Synthesis of Substituted 3-Trifluoromethylpyrroles
Gold-catalyzed cyclization reaction allows convenient synthesis

Angewandte Chemie 49/2017: Perfect Materials
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