Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Very strong birefringence found in new compounds

Simple radical difluoroalkylation/trifluoromethylation and alkynyl migration

Porphyrin analogues with an inverted pyrrole ring can bind both divalent and trivalent metal ions

Combining chemical synthesis and enzymatic methylation

Soot from a low-pressure combustion contains unprecedented species

Conversion of racemic aldehydes into optically pure cyclopentanones

Biosynthetic origin of enzyme inhibitor identified

Neutral tetraboron species coordinated by cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene ligands

BASF opens research center for catalysts and processes in Ludwigshafen, Germany