Alfred Hassner (1930 – 2024)
Internationally known organic chemist, known for small-ring heterocycles and organic synthesis methodology, passed away
Does the Ligand Connectivity of MOFs Affect Their Mechanical Stability?
High-pressure behavior of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with different linkers compared
Azoxy-Triazenes Used for the Aziridination of Alkenes
Readily available species serving as nitrogen atom sources in a photoinduced transformation
Decarboxylative Amination of Substituted Malonic Acid Half Oxyesters
Organocatalyzed reaction with dialkyl azodicarboxylates gives α-aminoester derivatives
New Method for Protein Desulfurization
Mild protocol using tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine hydrochloride (TCEP) as a reductant and tetrahydroxydiboron as a radical initiator
How Do Organic Radicals Aggregate in Polar Fluorocarbon Solvents?
Aggregates of radicals that form intermolecular hydrogen bonds can accelerate catalysis
First Total Synthesis of Pepluacetal
Route relying on a Wolff rearrangement/lactonization cascade, a ring-closing metathesis/cyclopropanation sequence, and a late-stage transannular carbenoid insertion
Behind the Science: Singlet Fission in a New Series of Tetracene Oligomers
Novel molecular system with a hexaphenylbenzene core and multiple tetracene chromophores arranged to dictate through-space coupling, addressing low singlet fission efficiencies in tetracene dimers
Synthesis and Characterization of Coumarin-Fused Triskelion-Shaped Scaffolds
Benzocoumarin-fused triskelions show Aggregation-Induced Emission Enhancement (AIEE) due to the suppressed molecular inversion process
Decarboxylative Sulfonylation of Carboxylic Acids
Photoinduced iron-catalyzed reaction for the synthesis of sulfones
Angewandte Chemie 12/2024: Cooperation
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Synthesis of Azahelicenes with up to 43 Rings
Screw-shaped, nitrogen-functionalized polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with interesting chiroptical properties
Photoinduced B–H Functionalization of nido-Carboranes
Single-electron transfer from the cage to a photocatalyst facilitated by a noncovalent cage···π interaction
Kinetic Resolution of a Planar-Chiral [2.2]Paracyclophane
Resin-supported peptide catalyst allows kinetic resolution via an asymmetric Michael addition
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prizes 2024
Germany's most prestigious research prize
Creating New Molecules: Research and Entrepreneurship
Peter Bäuerle on his research journey, including molecule design to product development, success factors in chemistry, and anticipated field changes
Copper-Mediated Cyclization Gives 5-Trifluoromethylpyrroles
Practical approach uses CF3-imidoyl sulfoxonium ylides and terminal alkynes
Most Accessed Articles: February 2024
Highlights from Chemistry Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals
An Electrochemical Continuous-Flow Scholl Reaction
Convenient access to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons