Sason Shaik, Israel, and Martin Quack, Switzerland, are awarded the August Wilhelm von Hofmann Gold Medal of the GDCh

S. Shaik and M. Quack Receive August Wilhelm von Hofmann Gold Medal

Marc Taillefer Awarded European Sustainable Chemistry Award
M. Taillefer, France, has been awarded European sustainability award by EuCheMS for his work on Cu- and Fe-based catalysis

Most Accessed Articles: July 2012
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for July 2012

Angewandte on the iPad
Do you want to read Angewandte on the road or on your sofa? New app allows you to browse Angewandte Chemie on the iPad

The 40-Year-Old Problem
Enantiomers of Staab’s tolanophane were finally resolved by chiral HPLC

New Catalyst for Methyl Methacrylate Process
New catalyst could reduce waste in the large-scale manufacturing of Plexiglas

MOFs with Ultrahigh Surface Areas: Is the Sky the Limit?
US chemists have synthesized a metal-organic framework (MOF) material with the largest surface area of any known porous substance

ResearchGate Scores Researcher
RG Score, a metric to measure scientific reputation, was released by ResearchGate

C–H Bond Functionalization
Overview of C–H functionalization strategies for rapid synthesis of biologically active compounds such as natural products and pharmaceutical targets

Dendrimers—Towards Catalytic, Material and Biomedical Uses
Book on dendrimers and their applications is reviewed by Mauri Kostiainen, Aalto University, Finland