Understanding the biosynthetic origins of two important new natural products gives insight into their common predecessor

On the Origin of Alkaloids

Encapsulation for Electrolytes
Incorporation of cyclodextrin nanochannels in solid polymer electrolytes results in enhanced conductivity

Angewandte Chemie 14/2014: Can You Do Without?
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Quantifying Phosphorous in Vegetable Oil
Improvement of quality control AOCS Official Method Ca 12–55 for the determination of the phosphorous content in vegetable oils

247th ACS Meeting
Impressions of the 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Dallas

Illuminating Alumina
Experimental evidence for the characterization of OH groups on the surface of partially dehydroxylated γ-alumina, an important catalyst

Long-Term Measurements with Ionic Liquid Electrodes
Ionic liquid gel-assisted electrodes enable measurements in electrophysiological recordings over long periods

Detecting Copper a Turn-On
Hexaazapentacene derivative is selective for sensing the presence of copper

2013 Trends in Chemistry
An overview of the latest trend reports published annually in Nachrichten aus der Chemie, the GDCh magazine

Bimodal Nanoprobes to Image Brain Tumors
Bimodal nanoprobes allow accurate fluorescent and magnetic resonance imaging of glioblastomas