Ru–η6-arenes form Lewis acid–base adducts through coordination of the base to the ortho- or para-carbon atoms of the arene ring as well as at the boron centre

Aromatic Carbon Acts as Frustrated Lewis Pair

247th ACS Meeting
Impressions of the 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Dallas

Understanding Noble Metal Catalysis
Thin gold-silver alloy films were used to shed light on the mechanisms of oxidation catalyzed by nanoporous gold

Sweet MOFs for Information Storage
A cyclodextrin-containing metal–organic framework infused with an ionic electrolyte acts as a memristor

Illuminating Alumina
Experimental evidence for the characterization of OH groups on the surface of partially dehydroxylated γ-alumina, an important catalyst

Unusual Optical Properties of Rhodacyclopentadienes
New synthetic route to rhodacyclopentadienes revealed a more subtle role of the Rh atom than usually appreciated

Expanding the Field of Metallaaromatics
First synthesis and reactivity studies of m-metallaphenol

Stephen Lippard Awarded the Priestley Medal
Professor Stephen J. Lippard, USA, has been awarded the Priestley Medal, the highest honor of the ACS

2013 Trends in Chemistry
An overview of the latest trend reports published annually in Nachrichten aus der Chemie, the GDCh magazine

First Examples of P–Chalcogen–B Phenalenes
First stable 1-phospha-2-boraacenaphthene synthesized and fully characterized