Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 33/2013: Like Breathing Oxygen

The Structure Makes the Poison
The orientation of the tert-butyl group determines the toxicity of the potent antillatoxin

Microreactor Setup with Internal Recirculation
The Beckmann rearrangement can be performed in a truly continuous mode

Conversion of Cyclic Ketones into 2,3-Fused Pyrroles
Highly effective synthesis of 2,3-fused pyrroles has been achieved from readily available starting materials

Angewandte Author Profiles: July 2013
Markus Kalesse and Marina Petrukhina are interviewed this month

Tips and Tricks for the Lab: Air-Sensitive Techniques (4)
The isolation and analysis of your air-sensitive product requires careful manipulation of your compound

Sniffing Out Sulfur Insights
A compound found in peanuts and coffee, and used as a common food additive, was studied spectroscopically to reveal conformational details

The Audience Wants More: A Good Article Tells a Good Story
Bruce Lipshutz, University of California, talks about his amazement of what is possible and the big challenge of altering the current practice of organic chemistry

Wonderlab – Hazardous Chemicals
The occupants of Wonderlab prepare for the annual safety check

Atom-economical Amide Synthesis
Ruthenium-catalyzed redox-neutral and single-step amide synthesis from alcohol and nitrile with complete atom economy