Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 25/2021: Dynamic Networks

Enzymatic Friedel-Crafts Alkylations
Squalene-hopene cyclases provide a biological alternative to the traditional reaction

Three-Component Staudinger Reaction
Synthesis of β-lactams from amines, aldehydes, and diazoketones

Small and Versatile Highly Energetic Molecules
Small carbonyl azides synthesized and characterized

Cyclic Hypervalent Bromines as Aryne Precursors
General, safe, and high-yielding synthesis of cyclic diaryl λ3-bromanes

Efficient Transamidation of Tertiary Alkyl Amides
Reaction uses tungsten(VI) chloride as a catalyst and chlorotrimethylsilane as an additive

Synthesis of Thioamides via a Three-Component Reaction
Transition-metal-free reaction of chlorohydrocarbons, amides, and elemental sulfur

Angewandte Chemie 24/2021: Key Activity
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

100th Anniversary: Death of Ludwig Knorr
German chemist known for the Knorr quinoline synthesis, the Knorr pyrrole synthesis, and the Paal–Knorr synthesis

Mechanoresponsive Perylene Diimide Loops
Deformation indicated by a fluorescence color change