An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Angewandte Chemie 31/2014: Sizzling Hot
Trap Neon in Ice
Neon forms hydrate through encapsulation under high-pressure and low-temperature conditions
Career: As A Chemist at a Museum
Dr. S. Röhrs has worked as a scientist at the Musées de France, The British Museum, and is now at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Chrysotile
Chrysotile is often called white asbestos and belongs to the serpentine group of phyllosilicates; answer to Guess the Mineral (2)
A New Route to Azaborinines
From boroles to 1,2-azaborinines by ring expansion with azides
Organosilicon Electrodes
Covalent Si–C grafting of a silatrane cage to a carbon-based interface gives a truly conjugated benzyl-type system
Solid H2O2 Alternatives
Solid H2O2 equivalents for selective oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides and ketones much safer and convenient to handle
Cs+ Ion Removal
A microporous vanadosilicate is highly effective at removing Cs ions from groundwater, seawater, and nuclear waste solutions
New Class of Photocatalysts: Molecular Cerium Vanadium Oxide Clusters
Two new di-cerium-containing vanadium oxide clusters show promising visible-light photooxidative activity
New RSC President
Professor Dominic Tildesley is now president of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK