CO usually poisons catalytic reactions - Dutch team demonstrates that it can promote the oxidation of alcohols on a gold catalyst

Carbon Monoxide Promotion

Enantiopure Triazolium Salts
Simple, robust, and straightforward synthetic method for the production of enantiopure 1,4-dialkyl-1,2,4-triazolium salts

Cages Strung Together
Persilastaffanes: silicon frameworks with delocalized sigma electrons are intriguing candidates for electronic applications

Angewandte Chemie 52/2011: Quo Vadis?
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Wonderlab Comic — Fashion Chemistry
The naming of the new elements causes a stir in the Wonderlab

Toward Hydrogen Storage Materials for Vehicles
Borane salts show promise for storing hydrogen at moderate conditions once the clustering of metal ions is prevented

The IYC 2011 – Overview
Looking back and summarizing the International Year of Chemistry 2011

Boyle’s Law: 350th Anniversary
This year marks the 350th anniversary of the publication of Boyle’s law which describes how the pressure and volume of a gas are related

Women in Chemistry — IYC Interview Series
ChemistryViews introduces interesting women throughout the International Year of Chemistry

Angewandte Author Profiles January
Hansjörg Grützmacher, Aiwen Lei, Nicolai Cramer, and Herbert Mayr are interviewed this month