One-Pot Synthesis of 3-Hydroxy-1H-pyrrolo[3,4-b]quinolin-1-one

Easy, Metal-Free Synthesis for Bioactive Heterocycles

Targeting Biofilms with Photocaged β-Lapachone
Photocaged β-lapachone is a promising, light-activated antibacterial agent that could help fight infections related to biofilms on medical devices and wounds

Synthesis of All‐Benzene Multi‐Macrocyclic Nanocarbons
Post-functionalization using Ir-catalyzed C−H borylation developed to create diverse all-benzene topological structures from strained meta-cycloparaphenylenes and mCPP-derived catenanes

Angewandte Chemie 30/2024: Facile Release
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Can We Use Asymmetric Art to Show Symmetry?
Using the art of Piet Mondrian to illustrate molecular symmetry and distortions

65th Birthday: Wolfram Koch
Theoretical chemist and long time Executive Director of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh, German Chemical Society)

An Easier Path to Polycyclic γ-Sultines
Analogues of lactones could serve as building blocks in drug discovery, but are usually difficult to access

A Synthetic Mimic for Cosmic Dust
Phenanthrene/pyrene hybrid microparticles can stand in for cosmic dust rich in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

Three-Component Reaction Gives Substituted Pyridines
Deoxygenative transformation involving alcohols, styrenes, and cyanopyridines

Rapid Photochemical Synthesis of Peptide Thiolactones
Unprotected peptides cyclized via an acyl thiol–ene reaction