Günther Wilke, former director of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, passed away last week

Günther Wilke (1925 – 2016)

Continuous-Flow Cyclopropanation
Solid-supported diarylprolinol catalysts for enantioselective cyclizations

Most Accessed Articles: November 2016
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals

Hydrogen from Sunlight – But As a Dark Reaction
Time-delayed release of electrons for artificial photosynthesis

Selective Hydrogenation of Carboxylic Acids
Rhenium/titania catalyst promotes selective transformation of carboxylic acids to alcohols

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You've Got to Hand It to Tartaric Acid
Tartaric acid can be used as a chiral template to modify a specific surface of a copper catalyst

Preventing Platinum Sintering
Nickel doping can prevent sintering in Pt nanoclusters at temperatures of up to 700 K

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Chemistry Advent Calendar 2016
Three chemistry highlights per week – check what is behind today's door