Coupling of unactivated aldehydes with simple alkenes under mild conditions

Iron-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenative Coupling

Covalent Organic Framework Detects Metals
Azine-linked luminescent COF with high copper affinity and selectivity synthesized

Removing Heavy Metals with Hydrogels
Poly(vinyl) alcohol and carboxymethylcellulose composite hydrogels adsorb heavy metals ions

Angewandte Chemie 17/2016: Design and Synthesis
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Insect Attraction
Total synthesis, stereochemical assignment, and field-testing of the sex pheromone of Xenos peckii

Total Synthesis of Indolactam V
Modular approach to a nanomolar agonist of protein kinase C

A Route to Gold–NHC Complexes
Facile synthesis of unsymmetrically substituted six-membered gold carbene complexes

Ni-Catalyzed Hydrosilylation Without Silanes
Alkoxy hydrosilanes can replace flammable silanes in reactions with alkenes

Controlled Growth of Supramolecular Copolymers
Sequential addition of oppositely charged monomers on gold surfaces

Nitrogen Fixation with Simple Iron Complexes
Iron(0) diphosphine complexes shown to generate ammonia