Direct conversion of arylboronate esters to aryl fluorides under mild conditions with readily available reagents

Easy Ways to Aryl Fluorides

Angewandte Chemie 6/2013: Silver is King
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Light Makes Pores Bigger
Retroactive use of light increases the size of the pores within a polymer network

Angewandte Author Profiles January 2013
Paul Knochel and Nagao Kobayashi were interviewed this month

Wonderlab Comic – Waste Disposal
What to do with that left-over reaction mixture – Gin-Jo learns the hard way

A Full Stack with Protein Amides
Investigation of π-stacking interactions of protein amides could improve rational drug design

Molecular Recognition in Glycolaldehyde
A study on glycolaldehyde shows that two isolated hydrogen bonds win over one cooperative pair

Chemistry in Sweden – A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
Christina Moberg, KTH, Sweden, looks at whether the current state of chemistry in Sweden lives up to its prestigious past

New Route to Gold Nanoparticles with Controlled Size
Seed concentration controls particle size in the synthesis of single-crystalline spherical gold nanoparticles

Efficient and Selective Formation of Macrocyclic Disubstituted Z Alkenes
First general protocols for efficient Z-selective formation of macrocyclic disubstituted alkenes by catalytic ring-closing metathesis