A cyclopropyl carboxamide is found to be a highly potent in vitro inhibitor of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

The Antimalarial Set

Highly Active Catalyst for Rearrangement
The enantioselective, palladium-catalyzed Overman rearrangement of allylic imidates has been accomplished with a new catalyst

C–H Activation with Iron
Cheap and simple iron catalyst activates aryl C–H bonds and gives rapid formation of new aryl–aryl bonds

Wissenschaftsforum: GDCh President M. Dröscher
Michael Dröscher, GDCh President, introduces the theme of the Wissenschaftsforum and the GDCh study “Perspectives in Chemistry”

An Excellent Catalyst for Hydrogenolysis of Glycerol
First facile and efficient one pot catalytic process of converting glycerol to value added products with a robust CoAl alloy

65th Birthday: Stefan Berger
Stefan Berger, University of Leipzig, Germany, author of Classics in Spectroscopy, celebrates his 65th birthday

Wissenschaftsforum: F. Schüth on Catalysts for Alternative Fuels
Ferdi Schüth, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Germany, talks about his work on catalysts for alternative fuels

New Dienes for Diels—Alder
Asymmetric aminocatalysis opens the Diels—Alder reaction to a new class of dienes

Bond Activation by Apparently Benign Molecule
Simple and apparently benign molecule cleaves strong bonds and opens the way for organocatalytic substrate activation

Top Universities in the World
Cambridge University, UK, has topped a league table of the world's best universities, with Harvard and MIT, USA, ranked second and third