The 2014 World Cup football Brazuca has five polyurethane layers which make for its uniqueness

Chemistry of Brazuca, the World Cup Football

Pursuit of Total Synthesis: A Rocky Road of Discovery
Studies towards the total synthesis of Pluraflavin A

70th Birthday: Joe Richmond
Dr. Joe Pierce Richmond, Germany, celebrates his 70th birthday on June 14, 2014

Taming Living Carbocations for Conjugate Addition
Direct conjugate addition of alkenes to α,β-enones is described

Angewandte Chemie 25/2014: Surfaces and What's Below
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

A Domino Approach to Total Synthesis
The first enantioselective total syntheses of blennolide C and gonytolide C are reported

A Catalyst Worthy of a Samurai
New nickel catalyst to catalyze the cross-coupling reaction between carbonyl compounds and phenole derivatives

Tackling Taxol
An efficient synthesis of the tricyclic core of Taxol has been developed

Amine Methylation Made Easy
A mild and catalytic methylation of amines with formic acid

Schüth New Vice President of Max Planck Society
Professor Ferdi Schüth, Germany, has been elected at the Annual Meeting of the Max Planck Society