IUPAC's task group opens public review for new definition of terminology for Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOF) and Porous Coordination Polymers (CPs)

Terminology for Coordination Polymers and MOFs

Printing Electrodes
Graphene nanostructures can be formed by using an ink-jet printer to print an iron catalyst onto paper followed by calcination

Efficient and Selective Formation of Macrocyclic Disubstituted Z Alkenes
First general protocols for efficient Z-selective formation of macrocyclic disubstituted alkenes by catalytic ring-closing metathesis

Angewandte Chemie 5/2013: It Just Works!
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Most Accessed Articles: December 2012
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for December 2012

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

Nanovoid Photoanode
Facile method to improve the efficiency of solar energy conversion by preparing nanovoid 2D ordered arrays by a simple self-assembly procedure

Squeezing MOFs
X-ray diffraction reveals how a single crystal of a metal-organic framework compound behaves under pressure

Chemistry in Theatre
Carl Djerassi's latest book, Chemistry in Theatre, is reviewed by Stefan Böschen, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany

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