The classic Meerwein arylation is impoved by irradiation with visible light (sunshine)

Sunshine and Meerwein

Ceri-ously Simple
Organocerium reagents help to transform unreactive amides into reactive ketones in one step

Limonoid Extracts Give New Natural Products
Two new potential anticancer natural products from the bark of the tree Chisocheton erythrocarpus isolated and characterized

Guess the Chemist (9)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry Awards
European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC) awarded several prizes for outstanding medicinal chemistry research

Molecular Reaction Flasks
Hemicarcerands are well suited as molecular reaction flasks for the inner-phase stabilization of reactive intermediates

Angewandte Chemie 36/2012: About Gold and Swans
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Author Profiles August 2012
Shu-Li You, Oliver Reiser, Ying-Chun Chen, Julius Rebek, Jr., and Holger Braunschweig were interviewed this month

EuCheMS Lecture Awarded
D. Milstein, Israel, and N. Martin, Spain, have been chosen as the 2012 EuCheMS Lecturers by the EuCheMS Executive Board

Writing Chemistry Patents and Intellectual Property
Book on how to write chemistry patents is reviewed by S. Manyem and C. Goddard, Fish & Richardson P.C., Boston, USA