Direct conjugate addition of alkenes to α,β-enones is described

Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

The first enantioselective total syntheses of blennolide C and gonytolide C are reported

New nickel catalyst to catalyze the cross-coupling reaction between carbonyl compounds and phenole derivatives

An efficient synthesis of the tricyclic core of Taxol has been developed

A mild and catalytic methylation of amines with formic acid

Professor Ferdi Schüth, Germany, has been elected at the Annual Meeting of the Max Planck Society

A route to oxygenated pyrano[3,2-a]- and pyrano[2,3-a]carbazole alkaloids

We are only able to taste sweet, bitter, sour, salty, and umami – how do we taste hotness?

Interview with T. Kläusli from AVA Biochem, the first plant which industrially produces the platform chemical 5-HMF from biomass