A general, metal-free route to produce aryl ethers by using diaryliodonium salts has been developed

Magnesium/BINOL supramolecular catalysts made for phosphorus addition, Mannich-type, and hetero Diels-Alder reactions

Grubbs–Hoveyda-type catalysts in ring-opening polymerization are a step towards the industrial application of carbon fibers

Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) was first synthesized November 16, 1938, by Albert Hofmann

The 3-hydroxy group is the key to controlling cycloaddition reactions of 3-hydroxycyclobutanone

The CIA resolved the confidentiality of records, which included recipes to prepare a variety of secret inks

Chiral tin hydrides generate radicals and transfer chirality in the cyclization of aldehydes

Olah and Prakash, University of Southern California, USA, have won a $1-million prize for their work in the field of alternative fuels

As François Diederich's term of Chairman of the board of Angewandte Chemie comes to an end, he reflects on the peer-review system

The Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation invites nominations for the Heinrich Wieland Prize (News by Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation)