Simple procedure providing easy access to alkaloid 223A in sufficient quantities from readily accessible compounds

Total Synthesis of Indolizidine (+)-223A

No Crisis Mood for Chemistry
The VCI expects further chemical industry growth in 2012 – at much lower speed – for Germany

BASF Opens Office in Africa
New office for East Africa and Sub-Sahara in Nairobi, Kenya, is expected to more than double sales in Africa by 2020

Angewandte Author Profiles December
Robert Mulvey, Xinliang Feng, Rhett Kempe, and Zhang-Jie Shi are interviewed this month

Joint Research Network on Advanced Materials and Systems (JONAS)
BASF and the universities of Strasbourg and Freiburg and the ETH Zurich team up on functional materials research

J. Schrader Wins Otto von Guericke Prize
Jens Schrader, Karl Winnacker Institute of DECHEMA, awarded for converting orange peel into preservative for cosmetics

Incorporation of Unnatural Amino Acids into Silkworms
First demonstration of residue-specific incorporation of unnatural amino acids (UAAs) into protein synthesis in the silkworm

Linde Expands in China
Linde to build hydrogen plant for chemical complex in Northeast China, joint on-site project with Evonik and Jishen

Unrecognized Reactivity
Unrecognized reactivity of well known analytical reagent Nitron towards carbene trapping reagents

Searching for Xmas Presents?
Still searching for a Christmas present? Editors recommend Christmas presents with a scientific flavor ...