Germany's most prestigious research prize awarded

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prizes 2023

Enantioselective Syntheses of Wickerols A and B
Strained, cage-like antiviral diterpenoids

Selective Electroreduction of Oxalic Acid to Glycolic Acid
Mesoporous TiO2 spheres used as electroreduction catalysts

Horst Pracejus Prize for Oliver Trapp
Outstanding work on self-amplification in asymmetric catalysis, enantioselective autocatalysis, and determination of absolute configuration by direct methods honored

Carl Duisberg Memorial Prize 2023
Kai Exner, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, honored

Most Accessed Articles: February 2023
Highlights from Chemistry Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals

Turning CO2 into Formate Using a Dual Single-Atom Catalyst
Pd and Co atoms act as active sites for H2 activation and CO2 adsorption, respectively

Angewandte Chemie 12/2023: Understanding Bonding
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Arylation of Terminal Alkynes
Efficient transition-metal-free Sonogashira-type coupling reaction

Single-Chain Nanoparticle Catalyst System for Alkene Photooxidation
Photocatalytic activity enhanced up to three times by confining a catalyst within a compact nanoparticle environment