Palladium catalyst selectively activates C–H bonds in an unactivated CH2 group in coupling reaction leading to indolines

A Breakthrough in Selective Synthesis

How Wallabies Can Help Cows Produce Less Methane
Isolation and identification of the unique gut bacteria of the Tammer wallaby could help reduce methane emissions from livestock

Mechanism of Glycosylation
Mechanism of an essential process in cells of higher organisms proposed from newly determined crystal structure of enzyme

ChemSusChem Appoints New Editor-in-Chief
Guido Kemeling named as Editor-in-Chief of ChemSusChem

Tiniest Algae Help Biofuel Development
The smallest of the seawater algae could hold the key to growing crops for food and fuel under challenging conditions

Evonik to Build New Plant
Evonik Industries will build a new plant in Marl, Germany, for the production of functionalized polybutadiene

Angewandte Chemie 28/2011: Every Step an Improvement
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Biomimetic Iron Complex for C—H Activation
Iron complex that mimics the non-heme high-spin sites in biological enzymes could point way to C—H activation of alcohols

Modular Modification of Gold Nanoparticles
Modular nanoparticle approach permits many different combinations of surface modification, hold promise for drug delivery

Bacterial or Viral?
New test tells the difference between bacterial and viral infections rapidly and with 89 % accuracy