Highlights from Chemistry Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals

Most Accessed Articles: November 2020

80th Birthday: Henning Hopf
Organic chemist and prolific author

NMR Spectroscopy Used to Authenticate Coffee
Detection of pure arabica or robusta beans and predictions of the robusta content in blends

Angewandte Chemie 51/2020: Extensive Dynamics
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

What Makes Some Groups More Vulnerable to COVID-19?
SARS-CoV-2 infectivity might depend on the host's redox status

First Total Synthesis of Amphirionin-2
Linear polyketide metabolite with anti-cancer activity

Oral Drug Blocks SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Ferrets
Repurposed ribonucleoside analogue inhibitor of influenza viruses

Is the Handwritten Laboratory Journal Outdated?
A survey among German scientists shows that tools are often still missing to collect, store, and share data

Sublimable Temporary Adhesives
New glue holds strongly and can shift directly from a solid to a gas for removal

First Ternary Sodium Phosphidotantalate
New compound prepared via ball milling of the elements