Simple analogues of platensimycin, inhibitors of bacterial enzymes, are made in just two-flask reactions from commercial aldehydes

Simple Synthesis of New Antibacterial Family

Most Accessed Articles: January 2011
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for January 2011

European Women in Chemistry
European Women in Chemistry edited by Jan Apotheker and Livia Simon Sarkadi, reviewed by Francesco De Angelis, University of l’Aquila, Italy

Novel Anti-Influenza Drugs
Two-step strategy presents a new route for the design of structurally novel anti-influenza drugs

Mechanism of Dissociation
CO dissociation from ruthenium complexes plays a key role in the racemization of alcohols

Angewandte Chemie 7/2011: Oxidations, Reductions, and More
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

There's Life In The Old Dog Yet!
Drug discovery - where does the future lie? Small molecule drugs will play a major role according to H. Wild and D. Heimbach

Better Insights Into Reactions
Ultra-fast IR measurements allow to follow chemical reactions in solution in more detail than ever before

Polymer Annealing One Chain at a Time
Single-molecule spectroscopy used to directly study the effects of solvent vapor induced annealing of single conjugated polymers

German IYC Opening Ceremony (in German)
At the National IYC Opening Ceremony in Berlin, Germany, Angela Merkel awarded three teams from the school competition, Formula One