Overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 31/2011: More Nobility

Tobias Ritter Gets Catalysis Award
Tobias Ritter, Harvard University, USA, receives the BASF Catalysis Award

New Route to 2,5-Disubstituted Furans
Ru- and Pd-catalyzed synthesis of 2-arylfurans by one-flask heck arylation/oxidation

Ryoji Noyori Introduces RIKEN
Ryoji Noyori Introduces RIKEN, Japan’s flagship institution for comprehensive scientific research

Wave Motion
New compounds for molecule interferometry experiments

Glutamate — From Discovery To Global Product
Since 1908 glutamate is known as the fifth taste and found in seaweed broth, asparagus, tomato, cheese, meat

Angewandte Chemie 30/2011: Noble Chemistry
Overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie

Supergelators With Unique Properties
Sugar-based supergelators can congeal oils to produce highly transparent gels with remarkable self-healing properties

Renewable Production of Platform Chemical
First synthetic metabolic pathway for the production of the platform chemical isobutyric acid

Detection of Crude Oil in Seawater
Proof of principle for on-field detection of crude oil using portable membrane inlet mass spectrometer (MIMS)