Highest honor of the American Chemical Society (ACS) presented to Nobel Laureate

Priestley Medal 2019 for K. Barry Sharpless

Biosynthetic Pathway to Amino Acids with a Terminal Alkyne
Discovery may open new strategies for easier modifications on peptides or proteins used in medicine and technology

Electrochemical Synthesis of Sulfonamides
Oxidative coupling of amines and thiols, both readily available

Koji Nakanishi (1925 – 2019)
Legendary chemist in bioorganic chemistry and natural products passed away

Co(III)-Based Catalysts with Chiral Cyclopentadienyl Ligands
Highly enantioselective synthesis of dihydroisoquinolones

Dual Aromaticity in Both the Ground and the Excited State
Osmapyridinium complex shows rare adaptive aromaticity

Angewandte Chemie 15/2019: Versatile Building Blocks
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

"N-Confused" Porphyrin Provides Flexible Coordination
Porphyrin analogues with an inverted pyrrole ring can bind both divalent and trivalent metal ions

Metal‐Free Difunctionalization of Unactivated Alkenes
Simple radical difluoroalkylation/trifluoromethylation and alkynyl migration

Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Chiral Aldehydes
Conversion of racemic aldehydes into optically pure cyclopentanones