Male bumblebees display remarkable flexibility in the biosynthesis of marking pheromones from fatty acids

The Birds and the Bees

How International Trade Helps Europe
Cefic brochure looks at how opening up chemicals trade can boost jobs and growth in Europe

Struggling with Heat Stress
Targeting the interactions between heat shock response and hormone synthesis pathways can alleviate heat stress in mammals

Schlögl Awarded
Professor Robert Schlögl, Berlin, Germany, was awarded the BASF-DECHEMA Alwin Mittasch Prize 2015

Turning Coal into Nanodiamonds
Laser ablation of coal allows for the synthesis of nano-sized diamonds at ambient conditions

Kicking the Metal Out of C–C Bond Formation
Sulfoxide-directed metal-free ortho-propargylation of aromatics and heteroaromatics

Angewandte Chemie 12/2015: Traffic Control
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Chirality Sensors for NMR Spectroscopy
Chiral palladium pincer complexes are used as amine chirality sensors based on 19F NMR signal changes

Mass Spectrometry in Korea
Honoring the retirement and major role of Myung Soo Kim in the growth of mass spectrometry research in Korea

Iridicycle Catalyst for Transfer Hydrogenation
A wide variety of N-heterocycles have been effectively reduced using an iridicycle catalyst in water