Daniel Seidel, Rutgers University, awarded the Carl Duisberg Memorial Award for his work on organocatalysis and C–H bond activation
Daniel Seidel Awarded
Editor-in-Chief of ChemViews Awarded
Vera Köster, Wiley-VCH, is awarded for the planning, development, and running of the ChemistryViews website
New Insomnia Treatment
Orexin receptor antagonist developed by Merck and currently in phase II trials promising for treating insomnia
New Malaria Lead Compound Identified
A new lead for antimalarial drugs has been developed through structure-activity studies on the GlaxoSmithkline database
Angewandte Chemie 10/2012: Click! Goes the Sulfur
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
New Route to Benzothiazoles
Copper-catalyzed three-component reaction route to benzothiazoles avoids sulfur poisioning of catalyst
Planar Autonomous Self-Assembly of Ionic Nanoparticles
At a planar CH2Cl2-water interface positively charged nanoparticles (NPs) spontaneously self-assemble into hexagonally close-packed lattices
First Synthesis of Photoactive Toxin
The first enantioselective total synthesis of the toxin (S)-bisoranjidiol, a bisanthraquinone, has been achieved by US chemists
Angewandte Chemie 9/2012: Sunny Outlook
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Most Accessed Articles: January 2012
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for January 2012