Nucleosides form the basis of DNA. But how did they evolve? The energetics of formation suggests phosphates were involved

Energetics of Origin of Life

H. Schwarz Receives Honorary Degree From ETH Zürich
Helmut Schwarz, Professor for Organic Chemistry at Berlin TU, received Honorary Degree (Dr. sc. h.c.) from the ETH Zürich

Mild Amination of Azoles
Direct amination of azoles can be achieved under mild conditions with cobalt catalyst

Angewandte Chemie 48/2010: Colorful Variety
An overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Geometric Aspects of Aromaticity
Interrelations between intramolecular hydrogen bonds, steric effects and π-electron delocalisation in nitroanilines

Squaring Up To Squalene
How squalene cyclizes to form tetracyclic and pentacyclic triterpenes has now been addressed computationally offering clues to nature's chemistry

Ischia Advanced School of Organic Chemistry
The Advanced School of Organic Chemistry (IASOC) has grown substantially since it was first instituted in 1984

B. Z. Shakhashiri Voted ACS President
Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, voted 2011 ACS President

It's A Lot Of Plastic That Has To Be Produced!
Frantisek Svec talks about plastics, separtaion sciences, the latest CET topical issue, the Molecular Foundry, societies and the web

Angewandte Chemie 47/2010: Radically New
An overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie International Edition