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Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

S-alkyl butanethioates used as odorless thiol surrogates

Asymmetric alkaloid synthesis using a dearomatization-based strategy

Series of structurally diverse non-benzenoid helicenes obtained via platinum-catalyzed cycloisomerizations

Tetraaminocyclopentadienone iron dicarbonyl acetonitrile complexes act as precatalysts

2,2,2-Trifluoroacetaldehyde O-(aryl)oxime releases useful reagent under basic conditions

Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Quantum-chemical investigation of halogen bonds between iodobenzene derivatives and ammonia

Series of COFs with pore apertures of 7.7–10.0 nm synthesized