Making functionalized bridged bicycles in natural product synthesis just got easier thanks to a new carbene cascade reaction

Bridged Bicycles

Efficient Chemical Transformations of Cellulose
Cellulose is effectively converted into methanol, propylene, and ethylene glycol over Cu-based catalysts

Hybrid Lighting Device
Bacterial photosynthetic reaction center harvests more light thanks to tailored organic antenna

Electride Ammonia
A new process for making ammonia could reduce the overall energy costs in the manufacture of this crucial chemical

Bonding Beyond Borders: The Nozoe Autograph Books
The first entry was on July 19, 1953; the last on October 16, 1994. 15,065 days. That was the lifespan of Tetsuo Nozoe’s autograph book

Straightforward Synthesis of Fullerooxazoles
Direct method for producing oxazoline-fused fullerenes from [60] fullerene and readily available carboxamides by radical pathways

Angewandte Chemie 43/2012: From Red to Green
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Organic Chemistry
Textbook for undergraduate students is reviewed by Annaliese K. Franz, University of California, Davis, USA

Achim Müller Receives €1.2 Million Grant
Achim Müller, University of Bielefeld, Germany, has received the highest scientific award of the European Union

Graphene Oxide-based Photoswitches
A photoswitchable α-cyclodextrin-based [2]rotaxane array on grapheme oxide (GO) was prepared