Peter Stang, University of Utah, USA, receives the highest honor of the American Chemical Society

Priestley Medal for Peter Stang

Dendritic Hydrogenation Catalysts
Iridium centers coordinated by phosphinooxazoline denrimers enantioselectively hydrogenate benzodiazepines

Cascading Towards a Polyketide
A three-step pericyclic cascade reaction sequence proves key to synthesizing the core of an insecticidal polyketide

Reinvestigating Tatanans A–C
A concise, step-economical synthesis of natural products, tatanans A–C, and their biological activity is examined

Tenure Track: The Royal Road to Professorship?
Wolfgang A. Herrmann, Technical University Munich, Germany, explains how his institution is preparing to attract the best talent

Evolutionary Gel
Adaptable, self-healing supramolecular gels with potential high-tech applications have been produced by UK chemists

Faster-than-Light Travel in 50 Years
50 years until Zefram Cochrane’s test flight of The Phoenix, Earth’s first warp ship; answer to Guess the Chemist 16

Total Synthesis of Gambieric Acids
First total synthesis of potent antifungal polycyclic ether, gambieric acid A, has established its unambiguous structure

Malaria: One Drug, Double Action
The 4(1H)-quinolone derivative ELQ-300 acts against the asymptomatic and symptomatic stages of malaria infection

Vitamin C Goes Astray
Reaction pathways for Maillard degradation of vitamin C are clarified and the end-products identified