Synform Issue 2019/4

Abstract

The second article of this highly diversified issue covers an exciting paper published by Paul floreancig (USA) on the use of a dehydrative friedel-Crafts reaction to access diarylmethanes. The third contribution serves as a red carpet for Professor franziska Schoenebeck, rWTH Aachen University (Germany), who is a new Editorial Board Member of SYNTHESIS. Well done to franziska and a warm welcome to the Thieme Chemistry family! The issue is closed by a fantastic article of the Name reaction Biography series, authored by David Lewis, on some of the most influential Russian chemists who passed away at the beginning of the 20 th century, such as Mendeleev, Beilstein and Menshutkin.