Post-functionalization using Ir-catalyzed C−H borylation developed to create diverse all-benzene topological structures from strained meta-cycloparaphenylenes and mCPP-derived catenanes

Synthesis of All‐Benzene Multi‐Macrocyclic Nanocarbons

Can We Use Asymmetric Art to Show Symmetry?
Using the art of Piet Mondrian to illustrate molecular symmetry and distortions

Regulatable Supramolecular Polymer Network
Pillararene-based clusteroluminescent supramolecular polymer network with enhanced fluorescence for anticounterfeiting applications

65th Birthday: Wolfram Koch
Theoretical chemist and long time Executive Director of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh, German Chemical Society)

70th Birthday: Angela Merkel
Former Chancellor of Germany is the first woman to hold that office—and a quantum chemist by training

An Easier Path to Polycyclic γ-Sultines
Analogues of lactones could serve as building blocks in drug discovery, but are usually difficult to access

A Synthetic Mimic for Cosmic Dust
Phenanthrene/pyrene hybrid microparticles can stand in for cosmic dust rich in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

Three-Component Reaction Gives Substituted Pyridines
Deoxygenative transformation involving alcohols, styrenes, and cyanopyridines

First Thionyl Chloride Adduct with a Main-Group Element Lewis Acid
Adducts of tris(pentafluoroethyl)gallium and indium with weak donor molecules synthesized

Rapid Photochemical Synthesis of Peptide Thiolactones
Unprotected peptides cyclized via an acyl thiol–ene reaction