Yoshihiro Ishihara, Ana Montero, and Phil S. Baran's book is reviewed by Robert Webster, Henrik Teller, and Thomas Krämer, Germany
The Portable Chemist’s Consultant
Medicine Can be Sweet
Glycosylated analogues of pramlintide were synthesized by a combination of solid-phase peptide synthesis and enzymatic glycosylation
Angewandte Chemie 43/2013: Making and Breaking Bonds
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Carbon Peapods
C70 peapods: the host–guest chemistry of C70 and cycloparaphenylenes
An Expeditious Route to Chiral δ-Aminoesters and Piperidones
The addition of malonate esters to α,β-unsaturated N-sulfonyl imines has been reported by a team from Spain
Giant Host Molecules
New, large metallosupramolecular hosts integrate visible-light photofunctional and redox-active perylene bisimide (PBI) ligands
Most Accessed Articles: September 2013
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals for September 2013
Nobel Peace Prize 2013
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has been awarded for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons
Amide Bis-alkylation: The Total Synthesis of (±)-Cephalotaxine
New method for bis-alkylation of amides and lactams used in combination with ring-closing metathesis for the synthesis of (±)-cephalotaxine
High-Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells
Amino-Functionalized conjugated metallopolyxmer developed as a cathode interlayer for inverted polymer solar cells