Theoretical chemist and Executive Director of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh, German Chemical Society)

60th Birthday: Wolfram Koch

First Total Synthesis of Gymnocin B
Marine ladder polyether prepared with a two-phase approach

Efficient Fabrication of Aramid Nanofibers
Time-saving and high-efficiency strategies to prepare Kevlar and other aramid fibers with excellent performance

Porous Organic Framework for Acetylene/Ethylene Separation
Stable crystalline polyimide framework provides high selectivity

How Much Plastics Ends Up in the Environment Every Year?
Emissions of macro- and microplastics in Switzerland calculated

Ultrathin Nanoplates with High Photocatalytic Activity
Bismuth oxychloride nanoplates for the degradation of antibiotics and dyes

First Chiral CAACs in Asymmetric Catalysis
Cyclic (alkyl)(amino) carbenes (CAACs) derived from cholesterol

Silicon‐Mediated Synthesis of Acetamides
Coupling of carbon monoxide, ammonia, and primary amines

Rotating Flakes in Van-der-Waals Heterostructures
Molecular dynamics used to investigate the interlayer rotation in VdW structures

New Bis(triarylborane) Compounds for Live-Cell Imaging
Water-stable and -soluble dyes for two-photon excited fluorescence imaging