Ralph Weissleder, Paul Floreancig, Jürgen O. Metzger, and Masayuki Inoue, are interviewed this month

Angewandte Author Profiles September

Awakening of a Sleeping Beauty in Organometallic Chemistry
A convenient synthesis of cyclopentadienylgallium opens the door for GaCp to become a versatile reagent in organometallic chemistry

Rapid Charging of Lithium Ion Batteries
Batteries could get a boost from discovery that increases power and energy density while dramatically reducing charge time

First CO2 in Ionic Liquid Microemulsion
The first report of a CO2-in-ionic liquid microemulsion is easily tunable and has many potential applications

C–H Activation with Iron
Cheap and simple iron catalyst activates aryl C–H bonds and gives rapid formation of new aryl–aryl bonds

Wissenschaftsforum: GDCh President M. Dröscher
Michael Dröscher, GDCh President, introduces the theme of the Wissenschaftsforum and the GDCh study “Perspectives in Chemistry”

An Excellent Catalyst for Hydrogenolysis of Glycerol
First facile and efficient one pot catalytic process of converting glycerol to value added products with a robust CoAl alloy

Wissenschaftsforum: B. Albert Incoming GDCh President
Barbara Albert, Techincal University Darmstadt, Germany, takes over the presidency of the GDCh from January 2012

Wissenschaftsforum: F. Schüth on Catalysts for Alternative Fuels
Ferdi Schüth, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Germany, talks about his work on catalysts for alternative fuels

Wissenschaftsforum: P. Atkins on Visualizing Chemistry
Peter Atkins, author of many chemistry textbooks, talks about the importance of illustrations in chemistry