Benzimidazole is a better substituent than benzoxazole for assembling biomimetic diiron complexes similar to biological enzyme centers
Enzyme Biomimetics
Guess the Chemist (14)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?
Easy Ways to Aryl Fluorides
Direct conversion of arylboronate esters to aryl fluorides under mild conditions with readily available reagents
Angewandte Chemie 6/2013: Silver is King
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Angewandte Author Profiles January 2013
Paul Knochel and Nagao Kobayashi were interviewed this month
Wonderlab Comic – Waste Disposal
What to do with that left-over reaction mixture – Gin-Jo learns the hard way
Chemistry in Sweden – A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
Christina Moberg, KTH, Sweden, looks at whether the current state of chemistry in Sweden lives up to its prestigious past
Terminology for Coordination Polymers and MOFs
IUPAC's task group opens public review for new definition of terminology for Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOF) and Porous Coordination Polymers (CPs)
Printing Electrodes
Graphene nanostructures can be formed by using an ink-jet printer to print an iron catalyst onto paper followed by calcination
Efficient and Selective Formation of Macrocyclic Disubstituted Z Alkenes
First general protocols for efficient Z-selective formation of macrocyclic disubstituted alkenes by catalytic ring-closing metathesis