Highlights from Chemistry Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals

Most Accessed Articles: January 2024

Angewandte Chemie 8/2024: Rational Design
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

IrAu12 Superatoms with Open Sites Form Dimers and Trimers
Removal of phenylacetylide ligands provides open Au sites that can be linked using a diisocyanide

First Chalcogen Bonds Centered at Water Oxygen Atoms
Highly polarized water molecules trapped between two lithium ions show unprecedented interaction

Angewandte Chemie 7/2024: Going Further
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

The Chemistry Workflow of the Future
John Jolliffe, NFDI4Chem, on good research data management for chemists, electronic lab notebooks, their scientific benefits, and scientists’ fears

Call for Nominations: Prize for Ludic Sciences 2024
Recognition of a scientific work resulting from research carried out not with a view to a specific application, but out of sheer curiosity

A Cubic Cu58 Nanocluster Protected by Bowl-Shaped Ligands
Phosphangulene-protected clusters can interact with fullerenes

Bis(cyclopentadienyl) Complexes of Sc(II)
Previously unknown Sc(II) scandocene complexes obtained via reduction of bis(cyclopentadienyl) scandium iodides

Hexagonal Boron Nitride with a 3D Structure for Lithium Metal Batteries
NaCl/Glucose-assisted strategy gives 3D h-BN that can be used as as a reinforcing phase for polymer-based electrolytes