Banska Stiavnica, Banská Štavnica, Schemnitz, or Selmecbánya, a town with a lively political history and groundbreaking for science
Roots of our Practice of Science
Access to Cannabinoids
Simple and compact synthesis of a tricyclic resorcinol could provide route to novel analogs of conformationally restricted cannabinoids
New Term of Office for H. Schwarz
Professor Helmut Schwarz, TU Berlin, Germany, elected to another five-year term as President of the Humboldt Foundation
Richard Neidlein (1930 – 2012)
Richard Neidlein, Heidelberg University, Germany, passed away on July 20
Angewandte Chemie 31/2012: A Bright Image
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Barking up the Right Tree
Three new natural products from the bark of a Vietnamese evergreen tree show cytotoxic activity against cancer cells
65th Birthday: Bernd Ondruschka
Professor Bernd Ondruschka, the Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany, celebrates his 65th birthday
Pyrroles from Lego and Dominos
A highly modular "Lego method" produces an underrepresented class of pyrroles prevalent in natural products
Summer Reading
Editors recommend chemistry and science related books fun to read during this summer
Potent and Selective c-Met Inhibitor
O-linked triazolotriazines are novel c-Met inhibitors displaying efficacy and selectiveness for cancer cell lines