Richard Neidlein, Heidelberg University, Germany, passed away on July 20

Richard Neidlein (1930 – 2012)

Angewandte Chemie 31/2012: A Bright Image
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Barking up the Right Tree
Three new natural products from the bark of a Vietnamese evergreen tree show cytotoxic activity against cancer cells

65th Birthday: Bernd Ondruschka
Professor Bernd Ondruschka, the Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany, celebrates his 65th birthday

Pyrroles from Lego and Dominos
A highly modular "Lego method" produces an underrepresented class of pyrroles prevalent in natural products

Summer Reading
Editors recommend chemistry and science related books fun to read during this summer

Potent and Selective c-Met Inhibitor
O-linked triazolotriazines are novel c-Met inhibitors displaying efficacy and selectiveness for cancer cell lines

Timely Delivery
Ribonucleoside 3'-phosphates as pro-moieties for the timed release of orally available drugs

MOFs in the Making
A general method for the fabrication of MOF membranes allows the fabrication of a membrane with a high gas separation factor

Angewandte Author Profiles July 2012
K. Anker Jorgensen, D. Stalke, A. Osuka, N. Mizuno, A. Ajayaghosh, M. Jansen, D. A. Leigh, B. M. Trost, and others are interviewed this month