Cover Picture: Synthesis of Chiral Tertiary Alcohols by Cu^I‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Addition of Organomagnesium Reagents to Ketones / Emergence of the First Catalytic Oligonucleotides in a Formamide‐Based Origin Scenario / Intermolecular Peptide Cross‐Linking by Using Diaminodicarboxylic Acids / Smart Polymeric Nanoparticles as Emerging Tools for Imaging—The Parallel Evolution of Materials / Transition Metal Nitrides for Electrocatalytic Energy Conversion: Opportunities and Challenges / Carbo

Abstract

To celebrate International Women′s Day on March 8th 2016, Chemistry – A European Journal is publishing a special issue dedicated to women around the world currently working in chemical research. The cover picture shows the frontispieces of the Concept, Review, and Minireview articles published in this issue, highlighting the broad range of chemistry that is currently being carried out by female researchers. In the top row from left to right: S. Harutyunyan et al. (page 3558 ff.), J. Sponer et al. (page 3572 ff.), and M. Brimble et al. (page 3622 ff.). In the middle row from left to right: M. Resmini et al. (page 3612 ff.), the logo for International Women′s Day 2016 (http://www. internationalwomensday.com/), and Y. Xie and J. Xie (page 3588 ff.). In the bottom row from left to right: I. Beletskaya and P. Sazonov (page 3644 ff.), T. Gaich and M. Pfaffenbach (page 3600 ff.), and A. Lattanzi and S. Meninno (page 3632 ff.).