Two bond or not two bond? That is a question of X-ray crystal structure interpretation, especially for cyclobutadiene
Crystallographic Confusion
J. M. Thomas Delivers Third Gerhard Ertl Lecture
Sir John Meurig Thomas, University of Cambridge, UK, has delivered the third annual Gerhard Ertl Lecture in Berlin, Germany
Continuous Flow Reactor for Coupling Reactions
Copper flow reactor removes need for additional reagents for Cu-based coupling reactions
Novartis Early Career Award in Organic Chemistry 2010
Karl Gademann, University of Basel, Switzerland, and Jin-Quan Yu, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA, awarded
Oriented Salts for New Materials
Alternating stacks of planar cations and planar dipyrrole-containing anions provides concept for formation of new materials
Organic Electronics on Banknotes
Banknotes with organic thin-film transistors could make active anti-counterfeiting measures and electronic tracking possible
Angewandte Chemie 50/2010: Looking Back and Ahead
An overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Pure, Natural Synthesis
First enantioselective total syntheses of the natural product indole alkaloids of the condylocarpine type
Searching for Xmas Presents?
Editors recommend Christmas presents with a scientific flavor ...
Sparkling Wine, Champagne & Co – Part 1
Looking a bit deeper into the glass we discover that there is a great deal of chemistry involved ... only chemistry can be this tingling