Guy Lavigne, CNRS Toulouse, France, has passed away

Guy Lavigne (1947 – 2015)

Countering Counterfeiters with Smart Inks
Supramolecular fluorescent materials can be used as counterfeit-proof inks to encrypt and verify information

The Art of Chemistry (6)
Quiz celebrating 20 years of cover art at Chemistry – A European Journal

80th Birthday: Stephen Hanessian
Stephen Hanessian, University of Montreal, Canada, celebrates his 80th birthday

50th Anniversary of the Bürgenstock Conference
A valuable meeting for the scientific community celebrates half a century of excellence

Angewandte Chemie 18/2015: Print Media
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Largest Hückel Aromatic Molecules
Stable, aromatic dodecaphyrins synthesized

A Simple Route to Functionalized Heterocycles
Magnesiation or lithiation of bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl-substituted heteroaryls

The Art of Chemistry (5)
Quiz celebrating 20 years of cover art at Chemistry – A European Journal

Continuous-Flow Synthesis of GABA derivatives
First example of using a chiral catalyst in a multi-step continuous-flow drug synthesis