Axel Müller, University of Bayreuth, receives the Hermann-Staudinger Prize of the GDCh

A. Müller Receives Staudinger Prize

Bert Meijer To Give TCR Lecture
Bert Meijer, Eindhoven University of Technology, will give The Chemical Record Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan

What, Another Nobel Prize in Chemistry to a Nonchemist?
Roald Hoffmann discusses the purpose of the Nobel Prizes and why areas like biochemistry should be recognized

Efficient Apoptosis Inducer
(–)-7S-OH-lentiginosine has been efficiently synthesized and is an apoptosis inducer that has low cytotoxicity toward healthy cells

Angewandte Chemie 8/2012: Hard and Soft
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Breaking the Nicotinamide Habit
Combining chromate reductase with Rh catalyst gives simple route to reduced conjugated C=C bonds without the need for nicotinamide cofactor

Heterogeneous Catalysis Using MOFs
Incorporating highly active Pd nanoparticles in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) gives heterogeneous catalyst for Heck reactions

Accurate Monitoring of Thrombin Activity
Use of fluorophore increases the sensitivity and accuracy of the thrombin generation test for estimating blood's clotting ability

Making 2D Polymers Organically
The synthesis of two-dimensional organic polymers is now possible thanks to a rational approach to their design

Most Popular Addition – Most Cited Article
Most-cited article in the ISI subject category “Chemistry, Organic” – microreview on organocatalytic 1,4-conjugate additions