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Mirror-Image Cyclodextrins
Separation of enantiomeric cyclodextrins achieved

Practical Path to Multiple Trifluoromethylation of Phenols
Visible-light-promoted reaction using commercially available CF3I

Angewandte Chemie 52/2024: Relaying Chemistry
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

1️⃣0️⃣Which Co-Discoverer of Organic Stereochemistry Lived in this House in Paris?
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Lanthanum-Mediated Synthesis of Tert-Alkyl Amines
Convenient transformation via a double addition of Grignard reagents
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Solvents Change Outcome of Bicyclo[1.1.0]butane Cyclizations
Divergent transformation gives either oxygen-containing bicycloheptanes or highly functionalized cyclobutanes

Chiral Pd Lantern Cage Synthesized with Peptide
The design principles of metallo-organic ligands were applied to polyproline peptides, leading to the synthesis of a stable, stereoselective Pd lantern cage in water

9️⃣Who Was the First to Synthesize Methamphetamine?
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Total Synthesis of (+)-Mannolide B
Path to a natural product with a complex, fused hexacyclic scaffold