Founder of a residency program to acquaint artists with scientists talk about their vision and what they have achieved so far

Art Bridging Science and Society

Behind the Science: Outstanding Mono-Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling Reaction
A. Dragan, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, talked to J.-M. Lu, China, about novel NHC–Pd(II) complexes

Guess the Character (5)
Can you guess the character from the description?

Dicarboxylation with CO2
Mild and selective nickel-catalyzed carbon dioxide insertion

Domino-Like Ring Expansion
Regioselective access to 9-membered lactones with a fused indole unit

Angewandte Chemie 6/2018: Design to Serve
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

First Total Synthesis of Ceanothine D
Proposed structure of a cyclopeptide alkaloid found in red root synthesized

Converting Unsaturated Acids to β-Chiral Aldehydes
Copper hydride-catalyzed asymmetric reduction of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids

Regiochemical Control in Triptycene Formation
Orientation of a [4+2] cycloaddition between aryne and anthracene molecules can be controlled

Single C–F Bond Cleavage in Trifluoromethylarenes
Selective monodefluorination via visible-light catalysis with Lewis acid activation