Highlights from Chemistry Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals

Most Accessed Articles: May 2021

Enzymatic Friedel-Crafts Alkylations
Squalene-hopene cyclases provide a biological alternative to the traditional reaction

Three-Component Staudinger Reaction
Synthesis of β-lactams from amines, aldehydes, and diazoketones

Small and Versatile Highly Energetic Molecules
Small carbonyl azides synthesized and characterized

Solar-Powered Whole-Cell P450 Catalysis
Photobiocatalysis as a green platform for driving redox enzymatic reactions using solar energy

Synthesis of Thioamides via a Three-Component Reaction
Transition-metal-free reaction of chlorohydrocarbons, amides, and elemental sulfur

Mesoporous Cobalt Oxide Catalyst for Aerobic Oxidative Aromatizations
Promising catalytic activity, broad applicability, and good recyclability

A Diels-Alder Approach to Cannabinoid Derivatives
Tetrahydrocannabinol derivatives synthesized via Diels–Alder reactions of vinylchromenes with electron-poor dienophiles

ChemCatChem Appoints New Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Charlotte Gers-Panther named Editor-in-Chief of ChemCatChem by Chemistry Europe and Wiley-VCH

Access to Arylbenzyl Bis(silanes)
Iridium-catalyzed intermolecular dehydrogenative C−H/Si−H cross‐coupling