Small-molecule ionic isolation lattices (SMILES) transfer the optical properties of dyes to solids

Keeping Dye Molecules Apart Leads to Bright Fluorescent Materials

Angewandte Chemie 34/2020: Chemistry with A Twist
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Total Synthesis of Thromboxane B2
Highly stereoselective twelve-step preparation

Fullerene Hybrids with Steroid Wings
New [60]fullerene derivatives synthesized via Bingel–Hirsch cyclopropanations

Large-Scale Synthesis of Glecaprevir
Improved route to hepatitis C drug

Synthesis of Alkyl Silanes from Unactivated Alkyl Chlorides and Triflates
Straightforward path to a variety of tetraorganosilanes

90th Anniversary: Death of Joseph Achille Le Bel
French chemist and co-discoverer of the basic concepts of organic stereochemistry

Mn-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of Esters
Ester reduction using ethanol instead of hydrogen

Shortening the Synthesis of para-Quinones
Using furans as Diels–Alder diene equivalents

Total Synthesis of Tagetitoxin
Absolute configuration of the natural product assigned via a bioactivity assay