New cathode material for sodium-ion batteries—a low-cost alternative to lithium—approaches the theoretical capacity for Na batteries

Promising Cathode Material for New Energy-Storage Technology

Next-Generation of Histone Deactylase Inhibitors
A new series of ruthenium complexes that act as histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors show promise as anticancer agents

Roughing up Smoothened
A second-generation Smoothened (Smo) antagonist has shown excellent efficacy in rodent tumor models

Tuning the Color of Luminescent Polymers
Luminescent heteronuclear lanthanide coordination polymers can be used to produce light with tunable color and brightness

Excellent Overview of all Aspects of Organic Chemistry Since 1998
The European Journal of Organic Chemistry publishes 500th Microreview

New Catalyst Activation Mechanism
Phosphane-free air stable ruthenium complexes catalyze the transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone in the absence of a base

Inexpensive Arylations with Cobalt
Cobalt catalyst for C–H bond functionalizations could replace more expensive second-row transition-metal complexes

New Pentanuclear Heterobimetallic Compounds
New pentanuclear heterobimetalllic compounds with a [Co4Ln] core show moderately strong antiferromagnetic interaction between the CoII ions

Nitrogen-Containing Polycycles from Furans
New and general one-pot reaction sequence transforms simple furan substrates into complex nitrogen-bearing aromatic polycycles

ChemCatChem Appoints a New Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Michael Rowan named Editor-in-Chief of ChemCatChem by ChemPubSoc Europe and Wiley-VCH