Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) prepared via aryl-radical-mediated ring annulations

Gas-Phase Synthesis of Coronene

100th Anniversary: Death of Ernst Otto Beckmann
German pharmacist and chemist well-known for the discovery of the Beckmann rearrangement and the development of the Beckmann differential thermometer

Stereoselective Total Synthesis of (+)-Preussin
Gold(I)-catalyzed intramolecular dehydrative amination used as a key step

Diiminium Nucleophile Adducts as Convenient Strong Lewis Acids
Scalable, low-cost synthesis of stable diiminium-based reagents

Direct Synthesis of N-Doped Carbon Photocatalysts from NH3 and CH4 Gases
Study improves understanding of biomolecule formation on primordial Earth via photochemistry

New Workflow for Fatty Acid Discovery Using Ozone
Large number of newly described, naturally occurring unsaturated fatty acids identified

Tetraazacoronenes Synthesized
Nitrogen-doped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) prepared via Zr-mediated cyclization or four-fold Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling

Biocatalytic Synthesis of Metaxalone
Protein engineering of a halohydrin dehalogenase leads to useful oxazolidinone products

Angewandte Chemie 28/2023: Principles and Applications
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Cobalt-Catalyzed syn-Hydrosilylation of Internal Alkynes
New approach uses cobalt complexes with triazine-based PNP pincer-type ligands