Coupling reactions in which palladium is replaced with cheaper nickel complexes can now be done at room temperature

Nickel-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura

Rare and Neglected Diseases
With diseases such as malaria being classed as rare and neglected, ChemMedChem takes a look at the latest research in this field

The Lingering Risk of Thirdhand Smoke
Thirdhand smoke re-emitted from surfaces could pose long-term health risk while firsthand smoke does damage in minutes

Large Rings Cyclized by Cu
Synthesis of rare nitrogen-linked seven-, eight- and nine-membered biaryl ring systems uses simple and cheap Cu

Oligorotaxanes Made to Order
How do noncovalent bonding interactions affect formation and stability of secondary structures in synthetic polymeric materials?

Printing MOF Crystals
Single submicrometer metal-organic framework crystals can be "printed" at a desired location on a low-wettable surface

Silicon Buckybowl
Chemists have substituted silicon into a partial fullerene molecule, a buckybowl, to synthesize trisilasumanene and its derivatives

Carmen Nájera Wins Franco-Spanish Prize
Carmen Nájera – Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Alicante, Spain, and EurJOC Editorial Board Member – awarded

Cycloadditions of CF3-Containing Alkynes
The [2 + 2 + 2] cyclotrimerization of trifluoromethyl group substituted alkynes has been achieved with a ruthenium catalyst

Angewandte Chemie 6/2011: Nano and the Rest
An overview of the current edition of Angewandte Chemie