Professor Pierre Jacobs, KU Leuven, Belgium, was awarded the BASF-DECHEMA Alwin Mittasch Special Prize

BASF-DECHEMA Alwin Mittasch Special Prize

Chiral Tin Participates in Radical Cyclizations
Chiral tin hydrides generate radicals and transfer chirality in the cyclization of aldehydes

Olah and Prakash Awarded
Olah and Prakash, University of Southern California, USA, have won a $1-million prize for their work in the field of alternative fuels

Monomeric Oxidovanadium Complexes
Dimeric oxidovanadium complexes more active than corresponding monomeric species in oxidative dehydrogenation of alcohols

Are We Refereeing Ourselves to Death? The Peer-Review System at Its Limit
As François Diederich's term of Chairman of the board of Angewandte Chemie comes to an end, he reflects on the peer-review system

Boosting Broccoli Power
The plant hormone methyl jasmonate can be used to increase broccoli's antitumoral properties

Heinrich Wieland Prize 2014
The Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation invites nominations for the Heinrich Wieland Prize (News by Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation)

Chromophore-Linked Substrate
A chromophore-linked substrate, CLS405, was developed and used to probe metallo-β-lactamase activity and inhibition

Anion Sensing by Surface-Assembled Rotaxanes
Rotaxanes incorporating an electrochemically and optically active reporter group self-assemble into molecular films that sense Cl anions

Breaking Bond
Which do you prefer to break: a C–H bond or a C–N bond?