Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 52/2018: Happy Holidays

New Nitric Oxide Donors
Fluoro S-nitrosothiols with potential applications in medical devices

The Nucleation Mechanism of Tungsten Carbide
Tungsten carbide forms in two steps via an amorphous intermediate

Aromaticity Switching in an Inorganic Ring
Study of (anti-)aromaticity in the low-lying electronic states of disulfur dinitride

Building 1D Electrides from Super-Alkali Clusters
Theoretical study of the formation of one-dimensional electrides

Gold Recycling
Selective dissolution of elemental gold from multi-metal sources in organic solutions

Bismuth Replaces Toxic Mercury in Reagents
Safer redox transmetallation protolysis reactions of free rare earth metals

How Corrole Layers Form at the Solid/Liquid Interface
Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) study of corrole layer deposition on an Au(111) surface in more realistic conditions for applications

Silylenes Forced to Bond
Longest donor–acceptor Si═Si bond to date

Macrocyclic Ligand Dissolves Barium Sulfate in Pipelines
High-affinity diaza-18-crown-6 ligands solve costly problem in the petroleum industry