Copper-catalyzed three-component reaction route to benzothiazoles avoids sulfur poisioning of catalyst

At a planar CH2Cl2-water interface positively charged nanoparticles (NPs) spontaneously self-assemble into hexagonally close-packed lattices

The first enantioselective total synthesis of the toxin (S)-bisoranjidiol, a bisanthraquinone, has been achieved by US chemists

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

The first direct carboxamidation of indoles by Pd-catalyzed C–H bond activation offers new functionalization of the molecules

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for January 2012

Overview of the chemical synthesis of cardiotonic steroid glycosides – recently neglected, but promising field

Hugh Aldersey-Williams' book, Periodic Tales – A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc, is reviewed by Matthias Driess

Library of potential low molecular weight hydrogelators synthesized; will guide production of novel inexpensive, easy to use water purification platforms

Axel Müller, University of Bayreuth, receives the Hermann-Staudinger Prize of the GDCh