Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 22/2018: The Mind Gap

Joseph-Achille Le Bel Prize 2017
Philippe Walter, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France honored

Pierre Süe Prize 2017
Professor Emeritus André Mortreux, University of Lille, France, honored

Who Releases the Ozone Killer Trichlorofluoromethane?
Somewhere in East Asia, a banned CFC propellant is illegally produced and released

High Capacity by Double Activation
Potassium vanadophosphate as multi-electron cathode material for sodium-ion batteries (NIBs)

Light-Induced Cyclization of a Daisy-Chain Rotaxane
Synthesized "double-lasso" macrocycle shows reversible muscle-like extension/contraction

Biomimetic Synthetic Receptor for Fucose
Selectively recognizing the sugar fucose in water

Metal-Organic Framework Contracts upon Heating
First example of 3D negative thermal expansion in a low-symmetry MOF

Nitration of Arenes under Mild Conditions
Solvent effects help to avoid the use of sulfonitric mixed acid

Mercurated Triplex-Forming Oligonucleotides
Single organomercurated base can stabilize triple-stranded DNA - great potential for use in regulation of gene expression