Professor Barry M. Trost, Stanford University, USA, is this year's laureate

August Wilhelm von Hofmann Medal 2014

Remold Crystals with Vapor
Halogen bonding drives the conversion from surface-confined crystals to co-crystals without the use of solvent

New Route to Paricalcitol
Synthesis offers potential routes to analogues of vitamin-D-based drug

CH2 Adds Something to Fullerenes
Methylene addends in fullerene electron acceptors increase solar-cell efficiency

Most Accessed Articles: July 2014
Read the most-accessed ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journal articles for July 2014

A Fast Way to Fluorescence
A fourfold domino reaction to condensed polycyclic compounds

Angewandte Chemie 35/2014: Inspiration and Automation
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Bispirooxindole Derivatives
Regio- and stereoselective synthesis of bispirooxindole derivatives via a three-component 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition

Benzocoumarin Family Complete
Benzo[g]coumarins most suitable for applications as photonic materials

20th Anniversary: Linus Pauling's Death
Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to be awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes; answer to Guess the Chemist (32)