New pentanuclear heterobimetalllic compounds with a [Co4Ln] core show moderately strong antiferromagnetic interaction between the CoII ions

New Pentanuclear Heterobimetallic Compounds

What’s Cooking in Chemistry: Hiroshi Shinokubo
Hiroshi Shinokubo talks about what he cooks in the lab and at home, with a special recipe for Sweet and Tender Stewed Pork

Tips and Tricks for the Lab: Air-Sensitive Techniques (3)
Some basic experimental set ups for performing reactions with air-sensitive compounds and how to add solids and liquids

Reuniting Chemical Disciplines, Separated at Birth
In the 19th Century, every chemist was a polymath. What changed? And how can we reunite the different chemical disciplines?

First Stepwise Observation of Hydrophobic Self-Assembly
How different hydrophobic effects evolve during multistep hydrophobic self-assembly processes is unveiled by a novel method

ChemCatChem Appoints a New Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Michael Rowan named Editor-in-Chief of ChemCatChem by ChemPubSoc Europe and Wiley-VCH

A Colorful Palette
Luminescent metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as a chemopalette

Crab Shells for Batteries
Successful use of crab shell nanochannel templates to construct hollow nanofiber electrodes for lithium ion batteries

Enantioselective Organometallic Enzyme Hybrid (OMEH) Catalysts
Metal-conjugated affinity labels used to selectively position catalytically active metal centers in the binding pocket of proteases

New Smart Supramolecular Gels
New class of cholesterol-appended alkynylplatinum(II) complexes shows great versatility to respond to external stimuli