Chemistry Nobel Laureate and co-discoverer of fullerenes passed away

Sir Harold Walter Kroto (1939 – 2016)

Fluorine as a Hydrogen-Bond Acceptor
Experimental evidence for the involvement of fluorine in weak hydrogen bonds

Getting Rid of Volatile Organic Compounds
Hierarchical core-shell oxide microspheres catalyze toluene combustion

Oxygen-Bridged Planar Triphenylborane
First oxaplanarborane has possible applications in organic electronic materials

Angewandte Chemie 19/2016: New Tricks
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

The Two Faces of Janus Films
Nanofilms with one hydrophobic side and one hydrophilic side stay strong, even in salt solutions

Tandem Catalysis with Thin Films
Thin film containing two different metal-porphyrin units catalyzes back-to-back reactions

Hybrid Material Removes Arsenic from Water
Iron oxide nanoparticles in MOF host show excellent affinity towards As(III) and As(V) species

65th Birthday: Dieter Jahn
Former BASF researcher and President of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) celebrates 65th birthday

Synergistic Catalysis for Cycloadditions
Stereoselective [3 + 2] cycloaddition between vinylcyclopropanes and α,β-unsaturated aldehydes