A two-directional total synthesis has been used by US chemists to construct microbial molecules with anticancer properties

Double-Edged Synthesis

More PhD Students Around the Globe
A new report shows similar evolutions in doctoral education in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa

Making Terpenes Under Strain
A non-stop polycyclization approach to the synthesis of strained terpenes has been devised by chemists in the US

Angewandte Chemie 40/2012: Electrics, Electronics, and Ergodicity
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Who's Next? 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry – Voting Results Friday 28 September
Latest results for the predictions for the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Natural Antibiotic Kills Tuberculosis Bacterium
Natural product secreted by a soil bacterium shows promise as a new drug to treat tuberculosis

Understanding Conjugated Oligomer Folding
Monodisperse conjugated oligomers self-assemble into folded helical structures that form intermolecular aggregates in water

First Total Synthesis of Erythropoietin Glycoprotein
First total synthesis of wild-type erythropoietin glycoprotein, hormone stimulating red blood cell production, has been accomplished

Horst Prinzbach (1931 – 2012)
Horst Prinzbach, University of Freiburg, Germany, creator of the world's smallest helium balloon, has passed away

Emil Fischer Medal for H. Waldmann
Professor Herbert Waldmann, Germany, is the recipient of the 2012 Emil Fischer Medal, awarded for work in organic chemistry