Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 50/2019: Diamonds Are Forever

Werner Kutzelnigg (1933 – 2019)
Prominent theoretical chemist passed away

More Precise CRISPR/Cas9 Method
Improved gene editing that can be switched on and off

Primo Levi Award for Vincenzo Balzani
Italian chemist honored for his efforts to promote science for peace and a better world by German and Italian Chemical Societies

17th Belgian Organic Synthesis Symposium (BOSS XVII)
Covering a broad range of topics in modern organic synthesis

Enantioselective Heck Reaction Gives Allenes
First palladium-catalyzed asymmetric Heck reaction between aryl triflates and alkynes

Hungarian Focus on the Periodic Table
Highlighting special issue of ChemPubSoc Europe's national membership magazines

Chemistry in a Difficult Environment
2019 was a difficult year for the German chemical-pharmaceutical industry; sales of Germany’s third-largest industry fell by 5 %

Cobalt Metallopeptide Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution
Light-driven proton reduction catalyzed at near-neutral pH

80th Birthday: Igor Tkatchenko
French chemist focused on catalysis and organometallic chemistry