Ritter reactions are performed in a simple microreactor setup using tert-butylacetate as versatile carbocation source

Ritter Reactions in Flow

Massive Destruction of Ozone Layer
Extraordinary cold temperatures in the winter of 2010/2011 auses the most massive destruction of the ozon layer above the Artic so far

Biomimetic Surfaces
Superhydrphobic graphene surfaces mimic the properties of butterfly wings and rose petals

Angewandte Chemie 4/2012: It's in the Genes
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Efficient Maize
Computer model predicts the ability of different maize lines to produce high-yield offspring

Hot Attraction in Bimetals
Highest Curie temperature for a cyano-bridged vanadium–niobium bimetal assembly reported

Three Main Phases of Quasicrystals
The discovery of quasicrystals brought about a paradigm shift in chemistry and materials science and is celebrated in a special issue

Baby Crystal (PbS)32
(PbS)32 is the smallest stable cubic cluster for which its inner (PbS)4 core enjoys bulk-like coordination

Angewandte Chemie 3/2012: The Art of Arrows
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Opening Up The World Of Chemistry
The co-chairmen of ChemistryOpen's Editorial Advisory Board discuss their expectations of this new ChemPubSoc Europe journal