The organic chemist Gilbert Stork, who was born on December 31, 1921, recently celebrated his 90th birthday

Impressions from the Chemiedozententagung, the meeting of young chemistry professors, in Freiburg, Germany

Coordination polymers and metal organic frameworks: terminology and nomenclature guidelines

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

A novel synthesis of the insect growth regulator hydroprene has been developed using Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling

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

First molecular level monitoring of carbohydrate conversion to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in ionic liquids

A solvent-free route to luminescent organic liquids presents a new method for making for organic electronic devices

Functionalized arenes can be made using a nickel-catalyzed [4+2] cycloaddition of electron-deficient dienes and alkynes

An overview of the latest trend report published annually in Nachrichten aus der Chemie, the GDCh magazine