An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Copper-catalyzed three-component reaction route to benzothiazoles avoids sulfur poisioning of catalyst

At a planar CH2Cl2-water interface positively charged nanoparticles (NPs) spontaneously self-assemble into hexagonally close-packed lattices

The first enantioselective total synthesis of the toxin (S)-bisoranjidiol, a bisanthraquinone, has been achieved by US chemists

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

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

The first direct carboxamidation of indoles by Pd-catalyzed C–H bond activation offers new functionalization of the molecules

Overview of the chemical synthesis of cardiotonic steroid glycosides – recently neglected, but promising field

Hugh Aldersey-Williams' book, Periodic Tales – A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc, is reviewed by Matthias Driess

Dramatic dye uptake by newly synthesized hydrogelator which will guide the production of novel inexpensive and easy to use water purification platforms