GDCh award prizes to authors who communicate an understanding of chemistry to the general public.

Georg Schwedt Awarded Prize

Vegetarian Porphyrin Synthesis
A new route for the synthesis of protoporphyrin IX avoids contamination with animal products and associated risks to human patients.

Bayer Foundation
EUR 200,000 available to support ambitious projects in science, engineering, medicine and teacher training in scientific subjects.

Shikimic Gimmick
An alternative biomass-based route to benzoic acid from the renewable starting materials quinic acid and shikimic acid.

Angew. Chem. 25/2010: Cells and Micelles
Overview on the current issue of the Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

A Thio-Millipede Invasion!
Cysteine-containing polyisocyanides are shown to be versatile nanoplatforms for chromophoric and bioscaffolding

Puzzling Pyridine Problem Probed
Mixing dichloromethane with pyridine derivatives under ambient conditions provides a surprising result.

Press Release ChemistryViews.org
A new era for ChemPubSoc Europe and Wiley begins as they launch their new online service.

Microreactors
The use of microreactors has opened up new horizons for synthetic organic chemistry and the chemical manufacturing industry.

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