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Enantioselective Hydroxylation of Tertiary Propargylic C–H bonds
Manganese-catalyzed enantio-differentiating hydroxylation in acyclic systems

Angewandte Chemie 27/2024: Combining Best Properties
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Vanadium-Dependent Chloroperoxidase for Regioselective Halogenation
Lavanducyanin halogenase (LvcH) discovered and used in chemoenzymatic synthesis

Copper-Catalyzed Amination of Base-Sensitive Aryl Bromides
Expanding the scope of copper-catalyzed C–N coupling reactions

A New Path to Benzocycloheptenes
Base-promoted (5+2) annulation of 2-(alkynylaryl)acetonitriles and arylalkynes

Tricyclic Indole-2-Carboxamides Show Antitumor Properties
Understanding cannabinoids as anticancer drugs

Nickel Catalysis for Asymmetric Aryl Addition to Sulfinylamines
Nickel catalyst with a chiral bisoxazoline ligand for the 2,3-addition of arylboronic acids to sulfinylamines

Triarylimidazole-Based Drugs Activated by Light
New strategy for caging bioactive triarylimidazoles uses a dialkylamino unit as a photoremovable group

Solvent-Controlled Synthesis of 2- and 4-Substituted α-Carbolines
Regioselective, palladium-catalyzed annulations of tosyliminoindolines with α,β-unsaturated aldehydes