Highlights from Chemistry Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals

S-alkyl butanethioates used as odorless thiol surrogates

Characteristic structural motifs of statin-type natural products and drug candidates

One catalyst, two reactions

Quantum-chemical investigation of halogen bonds between iodobenzene derivatives and ammonia

Catalyst for the synthesis of chiral homoallylic secondary alcohols

Triaminoguanidine-based cobalt complexes inspired by their zinc analogs

Selective functionalization via a Friedel-Crafts acylation

Cells coated with photodegradable protein-polymer hybrid shells to control their functions

Disilene incorporated in a cyclopolysilane framework