The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for November 2012

Most Accessed Articles: November 2012

Solution: A Modern Synthesis of Strychnine
The solution for everybody who tried to perform in organic synthesis!

Attract Top-level Scientists to Poorer EU Regions
European Commission launched project to attract outstanding academics to universities or institutions in less developed regions in Europe

Porphrin Synthesis Made Beta
Palladium catalyzed procedure for the β-arylation of poryhrins containing sensitive formyl groups

Identifying Degradation of Polychlorinated Phenols
Use of compound-specific chlorine and carbon isotope analysis to assess chlorinated phenol biotransformation

From Supramolecular to Systems Chemistry: Complexity Emerging out of Simplicity
Fraser Stoddart, Northwestern University, USA, asks what does the future hold for supramolecular chemistry?

Coupling with a Pinch of Salt
Triorganoindium species are prepared through magnesium insertion into organic halides in the presence of InCl3 and LiCl

Honorary Membership of the GDCh
Gunter Fischer and Ekkehard Winterfeldt have been granted honorary membership of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)

Angewandte Chemie 52/2012: Happy Holidays!
Overview on the current issue of the Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Beer's Bitter
The absolute configurations of the bitter acids of hops determined