Professor Paul Knochel of Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich (LMU) is the new head of the SYNTHESIS editorial board. He takes over the position from Dieter Enders of RWTH Aachen, who will stay on the editorial board of the English-language journal for synthetic chemistry as editor for reviews.
Thieme has been publishing the international journal SYNTHESIS since 1969. During Professor Dieter Enders' 16 years as editor-in-chief, SYNTHESIS has evolved into a worldwide leading journal for synthetic organic chemistry. Enders has served on the journal's editorial board since 1984. Professor Paul Knochel, formerly a regional editor for SYNTHESIS, plans to build on this success.
Professor Knochel currently works on research regarding new organometallic structures and methods for organic syntheses, asymmetric catalysis, and the synthesis of natural products. This year, he will be awarded the Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods 2014 of the American Chemical Society. Former honours include the Leibniz Prize, the Thieme IUPAC Prize, and the Gold Nagoya Medal of Organic Chemistry.
Professor Knochel is a member of the National Academy of the Science Leopoldina and the Académie des Sciences, Paris.
The English-language journal SYNTHESIS covers scientific progress in synthetic chemistry, including all areas of organic chemistry involving synthesis such as catalysis, organometallics chemistry, medicinal and biological chemistry, as well as photochemistry. The articles are selected, reviewed, and edited by an internationally renowned editorial board to guarantee chemists access to the latest research insights in their respective fields.
The subscription journal is published semi-monthly by Thieme in printed and electronic format. All issues can be accessed online via Thieme E-Journals, the platform for electronic journals of the Thieme Publishing Group. Readers can access new articles prior to print publication on www.thieme-connect.com/ejournals. Abstracts for the articles include graphical presentations of the chemical reactions; scientific primary data are also available online.
