Former Sanofi-Aventis chemist committed to equal opportunities in chemistry

70th Birthday: Hildegard Nimmesgern

Immunity from One Coronavirus Could Provide Protection against Others
Coronavirus vaccines or infections can elicit cross-protective immunity against distinct coronaviruses

Ferrocene‐Based Phosphenium Ion
Highly reactive phosphenium ion stabilized by intramolecular phosphine coordination

Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (+)-Toxicodenane A
Nine-step sequence allows preparation and absolute configuration assignment

Benzodiphosphaborolediide Synthesized
First example of a phosphaborolediide as a readily prepared lithium salt

3rd Ryoji Noyori ACES Award
Takuzo Aida, University of Tokyo, Japan, honored with the highest honor offered by the Asian Chemical Editorial Society (ACES)

Nitrogen Atoms Improve Properties of Antibacterial Peptide
Albicidin modified by replacing phenyl groups with pyridines

Catalyst Turns Polypropylene into Motor Oil
Carbon-supported platinum nanoparticles for complete hydrocracking into liquid hydrocarbons

Iron-Catalyzed Deconstruction of Alcohols
Alcohols converted to ketones or aldehydes via C–C bond cleavage

New Path to Stable Nanographenes
Nitrogen- and boron-doped bis- and peri-tetracenes