M3 – Mraseks Molecule Mosaik – a weekly radio show on extraordinary molecules

Molecule of the Week – German Radio Show

Molding Metallic Glass
Heating metallic glass faster than it can crystallize lets it be molded like a plastic

Corwin Hansch (1918 – 2011)
Corwin Hansch, Professor Emeritus, Pomona College, California, USA, passed away on May 8th

Chemical Weapon Threat Detector
Reactant that changes color enables detection of nerve-agent mimics and identification of the nerve gas

Getting to the Core of the Problem
Stereoselective construction of the tricyclic core of marine norditerpinoid brings total synthesis of anticancer compounds closer

Chiral Control Condundrum
Important development in the preparation of functional mesostructures with controlled chirality made by European research team

New MOF for CO2 Capture
The first rigid metal-organic framework made from a flexible amine shows high potential for CO2 capture and storage

Angewandte Author Profiles May
Kilian Muñiz, Anthony K. Cheetham, Luis M. Liz-Marzán, and Helmuth Möhwald, are interviewed this month

Angewandte Chemie 21/2011 – The Worm that Turned
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Highly Selective Alkene Dimerization
Rhodium immobilized on zeolites can dimerize ethene with high selectivity without the need for ligands