Biodegradable elastomers with properties that resemble human tissues now have improved strength and elasticity
New Family of Elastomers for Tissue Engineering
Doing Away with the Chaperone
New compound which destabilizes the molecular chaperone, heat-shock protein 90, has anticancer potential
Maurizio Peruzzini New ICCOM Director
Maurizio Peruzzini is the new Director of the Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds (ICCOM), Florence, Italy
Making Quarternary Carbon Centers
Enantioselective construction of quarternary carbons with a range of functionalities achieved with tertiary boronic esters
Angewandte Chemie 12/2011: Worth Its Price
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Controlling Individual Unfavorable Reactions
Individual and unfavorable reactions can be performed if molecules are immobilized and correctly aligned
Cyanide-Free Cyanation
Simple, non-toxic, efficient and cyanide-free protocol for the cyanation of aryl halides uses formamide as a cyanide source
Rapid Approach to Diverse Alkaloid-Like Compounds
A rapid approach to diverse alkaloid-like compounds which may lead to novel biological active small molecules
Valinomycin’s Preferred Conformation
Antibiotic’s backbone monitored by Raman optical activity to show preferred conformations in dioxane and methanol
Stronger than Weak Bonds
Homonuclear dihydrogen bonds link alkanes in the crystal state. But are these purportedly weak bonds stronger than we think?