Cover Picture: Palladium‐Catalyzed Carbonylation Reactions of Alkenes and Alkynes (ChemCatChem 1/2009)

The cover picture shows just a small sample of the techniques associated with the wide-ranging chemistry of catalysis, reflecting this new journal's remit of crossing the boundaries of the classical catalytic disciplines of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, as well as biocatalysis. In their Review on page 28ff., Beller et al. outline recent developments and selected organic applications in the area of palladium-catalyzed carbonylation reactions of alkenes and alkynes with different nucleophiles. Picture courtesy of Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. at the University of Rostock.