Martyn Poliakoff, UK, and freelance filmmaker Brady Haran discuss how YouTube can be used to inspire the next generation of chemists

Conveying the Excitement of Chemistry on YouTube

Enantioselective Carbene-Catalyzed Annulations
2-benzoxopinones were synthesized by a dual activation strategy, involving N-heterocyclic carbene catalysis and a second Lewis base

New Catalyst Activation Mechanism
Phosphane-free air stable ruthenium complexes catalyze the transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone in the absence of a base

Educate – Inspire – Connect
Nobel Laureates and young scientists enjoyed international research dialogue in relaxed atmosphere at the 63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

Inexpensive Arylations with Cobalt
Cobalt catalyst for C–H bond functionalizations could replace more expensive second-row transition-metal complexes

2012 ISI Journal Impact Factors
Excellent Results for Wiley and Wiley-VCH in the 2012 Journal Citation Reports

3-Step Reaction Made On 3D Printed Reactor
Inexpensive reactor for a multi-step synthesis and purification with potential to rival other multi-step reactors like micro and millifluidic devices

Energy and GHG Reductions in the Chemical Industry via Catalytic Processes
New technological roasmap introduced by International Energy Agency (IEA), International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA), and DECHEMA

ChemCatChem Appoints a New Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Michael Rowan named Editor-in-Chief of ChemCatChem by ChemPubSoc Europe and Wiley-VCH

Enantioselective Organometallic Enzyme Hybrid (OMEH) Catalysts
Metal-conjugated affinity labels used to selectively position catalytically active metal centers in the binding pocket of proteases