Copper(II) salts are used to catalyze the synthesis of four classes of chalcogenophene derivatives

Nontoxic Chalcogenophane Synthesis

The Oktoberfest Rearrangement: Part 2
As hops themselves actually are not bitter, and the wort tastes quite sweet, where does beer get its bitter taste from?

Ei-ichi Negishi on his Research and Life
Nobel Laureate Ei-ichi Negishi shares some secrets of his life and research when visiting Wiley-VCH office

Guess the Chemist (22)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

Wonderlab Comic – Mass Spectrometry
Jo learns how to obtain a mass spectrum

Three Topological Structures in One Pot
Simply mixing two different ligands with zinc(II) ions results in the simultaneous formation of a [2]catenane, a trefoil knot, and a Solomon link

Pushing Back Nanoscale Frontiers
How to make functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes soluble under mild conditions

Highly Elastic Hydrogels
Graphene oxide (GO)/polyacrylamide (PAM) hydrogels display good strength and elasticity

Tin and Iridium Catalyze Cyclotrimerizations
Iridium(I) complex is activated by tin(II) chloride to catalyze cyclotrimerization of terminal alkynes

Hexameric Porphyrin Wheel for Light Harvesting
A new 1,3-phenylene-bridged hexameric porphyrin wheel shows promise as an artificial light-harvesting photosynthetic antenna