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Most Accessed Articles: July 2022

Photocatalyst and Nickel Team Up for Allylation of Alkanes
Light-mediated hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) combined with nickel catalysis for the direct functionalization of alkanes

Electrochemical Upgrading of Formic Acid to Formamide
Sustainable approach for adding value to CO2-derived feedstocks

Angewandte Chemie 31/2022: Lights on Chemistry
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

65th Birthday: Evamarie Hey-Hawkins
German inorganic chemist has performed important research on, e.g., organophosphorus chemistry and catalysis

TiO2 Nanoparticles on Graphene Acid as a Photocatalyst
Heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of 1,3,4-oxadiazoles from ketoacids and hydrazides

Water-Soluble Gold Nanoparticles
N-heterocyclic-carbene-stabilized gold nanoparticles for applications in catalysis and medicine

Interacting Cobalt Centers Improve H2 Production
Water-reducing catalyst with two cooperating cobalt centers shows decreased overpotential

First Polythioplatinate(II) Synthesized
Assembly of three Pt(II) ions linked by sulfido ligands and capped by sulfito ligands can act as a precatalyst

Semihydrogenation of 1,3-Enynes
Atom-economical, iridium-catalyzed path to (E,E)-1,4-diarylbutadienes