Professor Ferdi Schüth, Germany, has been elected at the Annual Meeting of the Max Planck Society
Schüth New Vice President of Max Planck Society
Boronic Acid Catalyzed Annulation of a Pyran Ring
A route to oxygenated pyrano[3,2-a]- and pyrano[2,3-a]carbazole alkaloids

The Biochemistry of Peppers – Part 2
We are only able to taste sweet, bitter, sour, salty, and umami – how do we taste hotness?
T. Kläusli on Platform Chemicals from Renewables
Interview with T. Kläusli from AVA Biochem, the first plant which industrially produces the platform chemical 5-HMF from biomass
Guess the Chemist (30)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?
Guess the Mineral (2)
Guess the name of a mineral with the help of an image and some tips
Chemical Poems: Rubidium
Poems based on the natural properties of each of the elements of the periodic table
Synthesis of Aromadendrene and Psiguadial Terpenoids
Bicyclogermacrene as a platform for fast access to a range of different terpenoids
2014 Wolf Prize in Chemistry
Professor Chi-Huey Wong, Academia Sinica and The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA, is this year's winner
NDI Tug-of-War!
Push-pull naphthalene diimide (NDI) motifs form the basis of redox molecular switches