Paul Knochel and Nagao Kobayashi were interviewed this month

First general protocols for efficient Z-selective formation of macrocyclic disubstituted alkenes by catalytic ring-closing metathesis

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for December 2012

Most recent achievements in the design of donor-functionalized, chelating 2,4,6-triarylphosphinine derivatives lead to interesting applications

Inexpensive and non-toxic aluminum catalyst can make highly functional organic carbonates from epoxides and carbon dioxide

Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Sunggyu Lee, USA, on where energy technology is heading, the role of governments in its development, and his latest research

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for November 2012

European Commission launched project to attract outstanding academics to universities or institutions in less developed regions in Europe

BINAP(O) acts as both a mono- and bidentate ligand in desymmetrizing Mizoroki-Heck cyclizations, inducing enantiocontrol