"It puzzles me why some chemists do not see chemistry as the big science." - Interview with Ben Daivis, University of Oxford, UK

Future Visions of Chemistry: Ben Davis

Asymmetric Antimalarial
An asymmetric total synthesis of the natural product erythro-8-O-4'-neolignan, machilin C, and its analog has been developed.

Blue Bananas
Unique blue fluorescent chlorophyll decomposition products in banana leaves not mere detoxification products

Cancer and Crabs
Building multifunctional chiral building blocks from materials like D-glutamic acid opens up synthetic routes to natural products.

Scaffold Synthesis
The enantioselective synthesis of alkaloids, using a tricyclic (R)-phenylglycinol-derived lactam scaffold is reported.

Loosening the Purse Strings
The EU will add EUR 40 million to its contribution to the international Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) program.

Angew. Chem. 27/2010: Communication Matters
Overview on the current issue of the Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Old Haunts Revisited
Proposed a biosynthesis of (+)-symbioimine re-examined, resulting in successful intramolecular Diels−Alder (IMDA) cyclization

Georg Schwedt Awarded Prize
GDCh award prizes to authors who communicate an understanding of chemistry to the general public.

Vegetarian Porphyrin Synthesis
A new route for the synthesis of protoporphyrin IX avoids contamination with animal products and associated risks to human patients.