The Hanuš Medal of the Czech Chemical Society was awarded to Oldřich Pytela, Czech Republic, and Otto Wolfbeis, Germany

Hanuš Medal Awarded

Double-Channel Photosystems
Facile access to double-channel photosystems with oriented strings of fullerenes along oriented stacks of oligothiophenes

Absolute Configuration of (+)-Erythro-Mefloquine
The absolute configuration of (+)-erythro-mefloquine has been confirmed by X-ray crystallography, CD spectroscopy, and molecular modelling

Isocyanide Chemistry Without the Smell
Isocyanides can be generated, purified, and reacted in an integrated continuous-flow microfluidic system

Angling for a Route to Fish Proteins
The chemical synthesis of a masked analogue of a fish antifreeze protein has been developed

First Examples of Phlorin-type Hexaphyrins
Synthesis of expanded porphyrins lacking cyclic conjugation reported

Cephalosporolide H Gives up More of its Structural Secrets
Total synthesis of both spiroketal diastereomers of the reported structure of Cephalosporolide H

BN Against Cancer
Nanotubes made from boron nitride can be used to package up pharmaceutical for targeted chemotherapy against cancer

Natural Products from St. John's Wort
Enatiomers (−)-hyperione A and (−)-hyperione B can be synthesised from a common precursor in ten steps

How Does Paper Age?
New spectrochemical analysis of naturally aged paper reveals normally unavailable information on the cellulose degradation by-products