Ilan Marek discusses the historic reasons for Israel's success in chemistry, as well as its present and future

Chemistry in Israel

Hierarchy of Research
Adam Heller discusses that not all research is equal and gives his personal suggestion on how to fund critical, independent thinking

Metal-Catalyzed C–O Bond Formation
C–O Bond Formation Catalyzed by Ruthenium Complex C–H Activation

Can DFT Calculations Describe Ethylene Polymerization?
Ethylene polymerization over the Phillips CrOx/SiO2 catalyst

Behind the Science: Stereoselective N–H Insertion-Arylation Reactions of Nitrodiazoesters
Dr. R. Threlfall talks to Professor A. Mattson about her article on stereoselective N–H insertion-arylation reactions of nitrodiazoesters

Chemical Poems: Calcium
Poems based on the natural properties of each of the elements of the periodic table

The Last Alchemist in Paris
Henning Hopf, Germany, reviews the book "The Last Alchemist in Paris & Other Curious Tales from Chemistry" by Lars Öhrström

Guess the Chemist (28)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

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

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