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Angewandte Chemie 47/2024: The Long Term
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Binding RNA Drug Targets Using Spirocycles
New azaspirocycles with potential applications in drug discovery

Asymmetric Three-Component Acylarylation of Vinylarenes
Aldehydes used as acyl radical precursors in copper-catalyzed radical reaction

Triel Bonds: New Pathway to Pentacoordinate Carbon
Study provides the first evidence of a pentacoordinate carbon in a stable complex, offering insights relevant to chemical bonding and biological methyl transfer processes

Selective Photocatalytic Benzene Oxidation
Iron-carbon nitride fragments used for the conversion of benzene to phenol

Synthesis of Axially Chiral Diaryl Aldehydes
Chiral phosphoric acid catalyst promotes formation of useful precursors for the synthesis of axially chiral compounds

Simple Path to Fused Arenes from 1,6-Diynes and Alkynes
Ligand-free dirhodium-catalyzed [2+2+2] cycloaddition

Improved Dehalogenative Deuteration and Tritiation of Aryl Halides
New palladium-based catalytic system with a zinc acetate additive shows high activity

Energy-Transfer Enabled 1,4-Aryl Migration
Unprecedented di-π-ethane rearrangement promoted by energy-transfer catalysis under visible light