An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 33/2011: Caught on Gold

The 3D Butterfly Effect
The wings of a butterfly have served as a template for making 3D silica photonic crystals for non-linear optics applications

Angewandte Author Profiles August
Stefan Bräse, Younan Xia, Sjoerd Harder, and Stefan Hecht, are interviewed this month

Distinguished Women Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Award 2011
23 women scientists were awarded to acknowledge and promote the work of women chemists and chemical engineers worldwide

IYC 2011 in Hungary
Hungary celebrated the IYC 2011 with a fire with water – water with fire event

Direct Conversion of Bio-Ethanol to Isobutene
A new catalyst for converting ethanol made from biomass gives a renewable path to fuel additives, rubber and solvents

Easy Route to Suzuki Precursor
Practical and general method for the synthesis of boronic intermediates that readily undergo the Suzuki reaction

OMCOS 16 Conference: Chemistry with a Song
Organometallic Chemistry Directed Towards Organic Synthesis Symposium provided some interesting chemistry and entertainment

Women in Chemistry — Interview with Supawan Tantayanon
Supawan Tantayanon, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, will be the first female president of the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies

Wonderlab Comic — Gloves
Gin-Jo and Sophie discover the importance of wearing — and removing — gloves