Carbon dioxide acts as both reactant and extractive phase in the continuous hydrogenation of CO2 to pure formic acid

Dual Role for CO2

So Much Fun with Chemistry: Vote & Submit Chemistry Jokes
Vote how much you like a joke and submit your own; it will be added to the form and the best one will win a prize

Angewandte Chemie 32/2012: Networking
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Collaborative Projects
Find regularly updated links to collaborative projects listed and please list your project --- last updated June 27

Hydrogen Generation with Visible Light
Iridium complexes coordinated to coumarin dyes perform well in directing sunlight energy for producing hydrogen from water

Single-Crystal Manganese Sulfide Microboxes
MnS microboxes, which act as an anode material for lithium ion batteries, are synthesized by simple H2S gas sulfidation approach

Angewandte Chemie 31/2012: A Bright Image
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Fischer-Tropsch Refining
Book covering the production and refining of Fischer-Tropsch syncrude is reviewed by Malcolm Green, UK

65th Birthday: Bernd Ondruschka
Professor Bernd Ondruschka, the Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany, celebrates his 65th birthday

Critics of Biofuels
German National Academy of Sciences issues a critical statement on the use of bioenergy