Carboxylic acid additives improve the directed Ru-catalyzed C(sp3)–H α-alkylation of cyclic amines with alkenes

Better Route to Cyclic Amines

75th Birthday: Roald Hoffmann
Roald Hoffmann, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, celebrates his 75th birthday

A Binary Coupling
The Morita-Baylis-Hillman coupling reaction is catalyzed by a guanidine-azole binary system

Australian Chemistry under the Spotlight
Colin L. Raston outlines how Australian research has been advanced through a range of fellowships and research programs

Ilan Marek Honored
Ilan Marek, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, receives the Janssen Pharmaceutica Prize for Creativity in Organic Synthesis

Angewandte Chemie 29/2012: Collected Intelligence
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Society Journals Leading the Pack
Comparing the 2011 ISI Impact Factors of ChemPubSoc Europe, RSC, and ACS journals

15th International Congress on Catalysis (ICC 2012)
Large international conference focussed on most recent progress in catalysis research and development

Eight Rings, Five Flavors
Total synthesis of the highly oxygenated octacyclic natural product schindilactone A is achieved in 29 steps

Fundamentals of Organometallic Catalysis
Textbook aimed at undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. students is reviewed by Piet van Leeuwen, Spain