Recognition of a scientific work resulting from research carried out not with a view to a specific application but out of pure curiosity

Call for Nominations: New Prize for Ludic Sciences

Angewandte Chemie 18/2022: Direct Bonds
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Chemistry Europe Symposium as Part of the ECC8
Chemistry Europe is planning a special symposium as part of the ECC8 in Lisbon covering research and chemistry entrepreneurship

Fluoride Sensing using a Tripodal Salicylaldimine
Aggregation-induced emission, mechanofluorochromism, and selective fluoride detection by a tripodal salicylaldimine

Autonomous Fuelled Directional Rotation
First autonomous 360° rotation in one direction around a single bond

A Molecular Four-Way Connector
Synthesis of a new air stable and thermally robust tetrahedral tetravalent inorganic cage

Fullerene-Binding Nanocage Prepared on a Gram Scale
Cage made from readily accessible porphyrin components can solubilize fullerenes

Reductive Coupling Approach to Organohydrosilanes
Ni-catalyzed coupling of chlorohydrosilanes and carbon electrophiles

Short Total Synthesis of (±)-Mersicarpine
Visible-light-induced cascade photooxygenation used as a key step

CO2-Promoted Acylation of Amines and Phenols
Potassium thiocarboxylates used as acylating reagents