Chirality specification central to organic chemistry.

50th Anniversary of the Cahn-Ingold-Prelog Rules

Angewandte Chemie 20/2016: From Sour to Sweet
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Using Failures to Predict Success
Machine learning model uses the results of failed syntheses to predict more successful methods

Synthesis of Chiral Silicon Molecules
Chiral silacyclopentanes can be synthesized in enantioselective β-elimination reactions

Chemical Code Hides in Plain Sight
Optical emission spectra generate the encryption key for numerically coded messages

Behind the Science: Sustainable Chemical Building Blocks from Lignin
Turning a waste product from the paper industry into a valuable chemical feedstock

Guess the Chemist (53)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

Chemistry Drives Innovation
Entrepreneurship in chemical training and importance of start-ups for innovation

How Discoveries Are Made
Nobel Laureate Barry Sharpless explains how discoveries are made

This Adhesive Switches On and Off
Reversible polymer adhesive bonds and releases in response to UV light