Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Articles in this Issue
Origin of Suppressed Photovoltage Loss in Organic Solar Cells With Additive Engineering
ABSTRACT Additive engineering has become widely adopted for tuning morphology and photovoltaic behaviors of organic solar cells (OSCs), while the resultant incre...
Bond Exchange‐Driven Interfacial Relay Redox Enables Ultrahigh‐Rate Zn Batteries With High Iodine Utilization
ABSTRACT Aqueous Zn || iodine batteries are promising for multiple application scenarios but suffer from severe “dead iodine” issues, leading to limited iodine u...
Metal–Phenolic Coatings Enable Universal Design of Spherical Nucleic Acids
ABSTRACT Spherical nucleic acids (SNAs), structures consisting of a nanoparticle core chemically modified with a dense shell of nucleic acids, are central to the...
Access to C─N and N─N Axially Chiral Pyridinones via NHC‐Catalyzed Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Rotationally Restricted Cyclic Imides
ABSTRACT Atropisomers bearing C─N or N─N axes are an important class of chiral molecules, yet stereoconvergent strategies for accessing these compounds using organocatalytic techniqu...
Force Reveals Hidden Conformations and Dissociation Pathways in Individual π‐Interacting Dimers
ABSTRACT Harnessing mechanical force to control molecular structure is a central strategy in the design of mechano‐responsive materials. Noncovalent interactions...
Unraveling Bridging‐Oxygen‐Driven Ultrafast Amorphization in Superionic Oxyhalide Conductors via in Situ Synchrotron X‐Ray Scattering
ABSTRACT The energy‐ and time‐consuming mechanochemical synthesis of high‐performance solid electrolytes (SEs) remains a critical bottleneck for the scaling of a...
Recent Advances in Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Elastomers: Fabrication, Functionalization, and Applications
ABSTRACT Cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers (CLCEs) are a vibrant subset of photonic materials exhibiting extraordinarily mechanochromic properties that make them an ideal platfor...
Electrothermal Oxidation of Ethylene Glycol Over Co <sub>3</sub> O <sub>4</sub>
ABSTRACT Purely electrocatalytic routes for the selective oxidation of alcohols are often limited by overpotential, mass transport, and kinetics due to multiple...
Diastereoselective Synthesis of Axially Chiral Skipped Ene–Allenes Containing a Quaternary Stereocenter by Cyclopropene–Allene Metathesis
ABSTRACT Functionalized skipped ene–allenes (1,4‐enallenes) bearing an all‑carbon quaternary stereocenter were prepared by a diastereoselective ring‐opening metathesis of mesomeric c...
Phosphine‐Catalyzed Unsymmetric [2 + 2] Annulation of Allenyl Phosphonates for Highly Substituted Cyclobutenes
ABSTRACT Allenes, as versatile intermediates with unique cumulative double bond systems, have been widely used in cycloaddition reactions for constructing variou...
Asymmetric Deoxygenative Difunctionalization of 1,2‐Dicarbonyl Compounds Enabled by Phosphinite and Chiral Salen‐Molybdenum Catalyst Synergy
ABSTRACT The 2‐aryl benzofuran‐3‐ones serve as pivotal scaffolds in natural products and bioactive molecules, yet their synthesis and subsequent asymmetric functionalization are hind...
Proteomics‐Driven Strategies for Proximity‐Inducing Drug Discovery
ABSTRACT In recent years, proximity‐inducing drugs have emerged as a novel therapeutic modality that induces or stabilizes protein‐protein interactions, especially by recruiting effe...
Outside Front Cover: Rediscovering Sodium Ionophores as Selective Agents for Lithium Recognition and Extraction (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 32/2026)
Outside Back Cover: Upcycling Water Pollutants Into Long‐Chain Polymers via Synergistic Interfacial Dechlorination and Organic Radical Stabilization (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 32/2026)
Zulema Fernández
Inside Back Cover: Structure‐Informed Design of Distinct Parallel G‐Quadruplex Stabilizers for <i>KRAS</i> ‐Driven Cancer Therapy (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 32/2026)
Side‐Chain Symmetry Breaking in Naphthalene Diimides Decouples High Concentration From Cycling Stability in Neutral Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries
ABSTRACT Neutral aqueous organic redox flow batteries (AORFBs) offer a promising pathway for transitioning renewables from supplementary to primary energy source...
Upcycling Water Pollutants Into Long‐Chain Polymers via Synergistic Interfacial Dechlorination and Organic Radical Stabilization
ABSTRACT High‐entropy oxides (HEOs) offer unusual electronic structures arising from lattice distortion, multimetal synergy, and high chemical stability. Here we...
Inside Front Cover: Side‐Chain Symmetry Breaking in Naphthalene Diimides Decouples High Concentration From Cycling Stability in Neutral Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 32/2026)
Enantioselective Synthesis of a New Class of Stable and Functionalized Cyclopentadienes via CuH‐Catalysis
ABSTRACT Cyclopentadienes (CpHs) are fundamental building blocks across chemistry, yet their inherent acidity and tendency to undergo rapid [1,5]‐hydrogen shifts have long limited ac...
Synergistic Electronic and Steric Engineering of Thiophene Donors in Covalent Organic Frameworks for Efficient CO <sub>2</sub> Photoconversion
ABSTRACT Covalent organic frameworks (COFs), featuring broad light absorption and permanent porosity, serve as excellent supports for metal catalytic sites in ph...
Photocatalytic Lignin Depolymerization and Cross‐Coupling With Alcohols to Produce Unsymmetric Aromatic Diols
ABSTRACT Conversion of lignin into chemical products typically involves two separate steps, such as depolymerization and subsequent upgrading of monomers, which...
Glutathione‐Induced In Situ Oxygen Vacancies in FeOOH Nanospindles for Boosting Sonocatalytic Tumor Therapy
ABSTRACT Defect engineering can enhance carrier separation in sonocatalysts to boost reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation; however, the current methods still...
Cosolvent‐Modulated Supramolecular Chirality Unveils Pronounced Piezoelectric Response in Peptide‐Based Nanomaterials
ABSTRACT Peptide‐based functional biomaterials have attracted widespread interest due to their inherent biocompatibility, biodegradability, and structural tunability. Among functiona...
Rediscovering Sodium Ionophores as Selective Agents for Lithium Recognition and Extraction
ABSTRACT Conventional brine evaporation leads to substantial lithium losses through the formation of lithium‐containing solid precipitates that accumulate as sal...