Garret M. Miyake, Colorado State University, honored for work on organocatalyzed atom transfer radical polymerization (O-ATRP)

2021 Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award

Total Synthesis of Clionastatins A and B
Structures of polychlorinated steroids revised

Overcoming False Optical Activity
Interference leads to inaccurate Raman spectroscopic analysis of vitamin B12

One-Pot Synthesis of Thiocarbamates
Direct conversion of N-formamides without isolation of the isocyanide intermediate

Transaminases Can Also Serve as Hydrodefluorinases
Series of α-fluoroketones defluorinated

Edge-Extended Kekulenes
Bismuth(III) triflate-catalyzed cyclization of vinyl ethers gives [m,n]cycloarenes

Angewandte Chemie 35/2021: The Sound of Chemistry
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

First Total Synthesis of (+)-Isostreptenol III
Preparation starting from D-ribose gives high overall yield

Metal-Free Photoreduction of Aryl Chlorides Under Visible Light
Successful formation of C–B, C–P and C–C-bonds

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