An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 42/2011: High Throughput and Efficiency

Improved Near-IR Absorption in Solar Cells
New organic dye gives the best performance for a dye-sensitized solar cell in the near-IR range thanks to flexible alkyl chains

CO2 Absorbing Molecules
Porphyrin molecules in green plants help convert atmospheric CO2 into sugars, so they could be used to reduce CO2 levels

Coffee Cream Chemistry
Switzerland is celebrating the International Year of Chemistry 2011 with every cup of coffee!

Chemoresistance in Cancer
Evaluation of platinum–ethacrynic acid conjugates in the treatment of mesothelioma

New Concept in Catalysis
Room temperature arylation is possible with new catalytic concept that combines light-activated catalysis with Pd-based functionalization

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

Simple Chiral Non-Racemic Diselenides
Very simple, chiral, non-racemic diselenides prepared and their corresponding selenium electrophiles used for stereoselective functionalization of alkenes

Total Synthesis of Nanoparticles
A framework for the total synthesis of nanoparticles using processes analogous to the reactions in a synthetic scheme

Dehydrocoupling of Boranes
New one-step procedure for the synthesis of two of the most widely used and synthetically relevant diboranes(4), B2Cat2 and B2Pin2