The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for November 2012

European Commission launched project to attract outstanding academics to universities or institutions in less developed regions in Europe

BINAP(O) acts as both a mono- and bidentate ligand in desymmetrizing Mizoroki-Heck cyclizations, inducing enantiocontrol

Triorganoindium species are prepared through magnesium insertion into organic halides in the presence of InCl3 and LiCl

Dimerized bipyridine ligand stabilizers increase the activity and stability of rhodium nanoparticles

Overview on the current issue of the Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Highly efficient electrocatalyst for the reduction of oxygen in fuel cells and batteries

Readily available Ru catalyst can be used for production of methanol and ethylene glycol from ethylene carbonate, formed from carbon dioxide and ethylene oxide

A peptide-based outer-coordination sphere of hydrogenases increases efficiency for hydrogen production

J. Nørskov and T. Bligaard look at what makes a good catalyst and how to map the catalyst genome to speed catalyst discovery