An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

The German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry presented several awards at their annual conference in Leipzig

Ionic liquids can function as solvents even if water is present after all. The discovery opens up a new range of applications

A mild photooxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides is achieved with a riboflavin derivative and LED visible light irradiation

Methodology applicable to parametric study of foaming process helps to optimize the operating conditions or adapt the formulation

Potassium borosulfate created which crystallizes in a polar space group

Prize from the European Materials Research Society awarded to Molly Stevens, UK, and Francesco Stellacci, Switzerland

Information on structures allow construction of molecular picture of silk assembly process that might lead to large-scale in vitro fiber formation

Ultrafast spectroscopic techniques combined with computer simulations show ionic liquids could be used as "two-in-one nanoreactors"

The hydantoin scaffold found in a range of drugs can be formed simply from ureas and thioureas tethered to amides