A new method to selectively hydrogenate imine bonds by using an iridium complex has been developed

Discerning Imine Hydrogenation

A. Holmes to Give Nozoe Lecture
Andrew Holmes, University of Melbourne, Australia, will be the Nozoe Lecturer in Taipei next year

sp3-Carbon-Based Liquid Crystals
The liquid-crystalline phase of poly(ethylidene acetate) is described and explained by the formation of triple-helix aggregates

Hybrid Nanoscale Ligand
A new salen–C60 dyad forms complexes with transition metals, thereby tuning the optical, redox, and catalytic properties

Porous Organic Polymer Captures CO2
A moisture-stable porous organic polymer containing carboxy and triazole groups reversibly and selectively captures carbon dioxide

Fun with Chemistry: Vote & Submit Chemistry Jokes 2013
Vote how much you like a joke and submit your own; it will be added to the form and the best one will win a prize

One-Pot Approach to α,β-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids
Carboxylation of alkynes with carbon dioxide in a one-pot approach could become a practical route to unsaturated carboxylic acids

Angewandte Chemie 31/2013: A Great Therapy
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Miniature Arm Lifts Weights
Artificial muscle contracts and expands with changes in humidity

Redox-Switchable Catalyst for Ring-Closing Metathesis
Homogeneous, redox-switchable, N-heterocyclic carbene/ferrocenyl-based catalysts for ring-closing metathesis reactions