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Curvature-dependent self-assembly observed in π-functional materials

Stenhouse salts can serve as visible-light photoswitches in protic environments

High enantioselectivity for the separation of racemic phenylalanine

Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Transition-metal-free, fluoro-promoted thermal rearrangement

New class of frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) also features the first structurally authenticated Al–Pb bond

Site-selective thianthrenation combined with with a Catellani reaction provides access to 3,5-dimethylated arenes

Ex-situ electro-oxidation pairs hydrogen generation with aldehyde production

Highlights from Chemistry Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals