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Chemistry and Love: A Valentine’s Day Special

Plastic Recycling for 3D Printing
A sustainable 3D printing material platform based on polythioenones (PCTE) is introduced

Amine N-Oxides Used for Carbon Capture
Eco-friendly 4-methylmorpholine N-oxide (MMNO) captures carbon dioxide

Building “Houses” Stereoselectively
Synthesis of highly functionalized bicyclo[2.1.0]pentanes ("housanes")

Renewable Ethanol and Methanol Used for the Synthesis of 1,5-Diketones
Nickel-catalyzed coupling of alcohols with ketones also allows for a one-pot aminomethylation

Angewandte Chemie 6/2025: High Throughput
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Quantum Research: Supramolecular Chemistry Enables Efficient Spin Communication
Can spin communication in photoexcited chromophore-radical systems be promoted by non-covalent bonds?

What is Fentanyl?
Fentanyl is a highly potent synthetic opioid used for pain relief in medical settings but is also widely abused

Pt-Catalyzed Hydroboration of Terminal Alkynes: A Regioselective Approach to Vinyl Boronates
A platinum-catalyzed hydroboration method that enables highly selective (E)-1,2-vinyl boronate synthesis, overcoming heteroatom coordination challenges

Faster, Cheaper, Smarter Thioxanthone Synthesis
Novel method to prepare complex thioxanthones from relatively simple and accessible precursors