Porous organic cages prove to be effective in separating rare gases as well as chiral molecules via selective binding

Organic Cages Got New Talent

Chemical Poems: Tin
Poems based on the natural properties of each of the elements of the periodic table

75th Birthday: George Whitesides
Professor George M. Whitesides, Cambridge, USA, celebrates his 75th birthday on August 3, 2014

100 Years Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
Catalytic processes that are employed on huge scales worldwide were developed at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research

Angewandte Chemie 31/2014: Sizzling Hot
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Getting More from Methane
Catalytic functionalization of methane and light alkanes in supercritical carbon dioxide

Gold-Catalyzed Synthesis of Carbazoles: Mild and Simple
A simple [AuCl]-catalyzed reaction of 1-(indol-2-yl)-2,3-allenols gives a series of poly-substituted carbazoles

Career: As A Chemist at a Museum
Dr. S. Röhrs has worked as a scientist at the Musées de France, The British Museum, and is now at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Forming Phenanthrenes by Using MoCl5
Oxidative cyclization reactions to form phenanthrene carboxylates by using MoCl5

Synthesis of 4-Haloisoxazoles and 5-Halotriazoles
Ruthenium-catalyzed cycloaddition of 1-haloalkynes with nitrile oxides and organic azides