Helvetica Chimica Acta, founded by the Swiss Chemical Society in 1917, is a monthly multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the dissemination of knowledge in all disciplines of chemistry (organic, inorganic, physical, technical, theoretical and analytical chemistry) as well as research at the interface with other sciences, where molecular aspects are key to the findings. Helvetica Chimica Acta is committed to the publication of original, high quality papers at the frontier of scientific research. All contributions will be peer reviewed with the highest possible standards and published within 3 months of receipt, with no restriction on the length of the papers and in full color.

Editors-in-Chief
Jeffrey W. Bode, Zurich
Christophe Copéret, Zurich
Managing Editor
Richard J. Smith
Editorial Board Members
Yimon Aye, Lausanne
Christian Bochet, Fribourg
Thomas Bürgi, Geneva
Clémence Corminboeuf, Lausanne
Alain De Mesmaeker, Stein
Karl Gademann, Zurich
Stefan Matile, Geneva
Marinella Mazzanti, Lausanne
Greta Patzke, Zurich
Oliver Wenger, Basel
Jieping Zhu, Lausanne
International Editorial Advisory Board Members
Yves P. Auberson, Switzerland
Davide Bonifazi, UK
Marta Catellani, Italy
Luisa De Cola, France
Scott E. Denmark, USA
Paul J. Dyson, Switzerland
Odilie Eisenstein, France
Karl-Heinz Ernst, Switzerland
Katharina M. Fromm, Switzerland
Alois Fürstner, Germany
Frank Glorius, Deutschland
Andreas Goeke, Switzerland
Lukas Hintermann, Germany
Philipp Holliger, UK
Paul Knochel, Germany
Beata Kolesinska, Poland
Philip Kraft, Switzerland
Ernst Peter Kündig, Switzerland
Ilan Marek, Israel
Kazushi Mashima, Japan
Marcel Mayor, Switzerland
E.W. (Bert) Meijer, The Netherlands
David Milstein, Israel
Christina Moberg, Sweden
Cristina Nevado, Switzerland
Jean-Louis Reymond, Switzerland
Aaron D. Sadow, USA
Franziska Schoenebeck, Germany
Richard R. Schrock, USA
Kay Severin, Switzerland
Corey R. J. Stephenson, USA
Armido Studer, Germany
Shana Sturla, Switzerland
Keisuke Suzuki, Japan
T. Don Tilley, USA
Antonio Togni, Switzerland
Craig A. Townsend, USA
Andrea Vasella, Switzerland
Eric Vauthey, Switzerland
Thomas R. Ward, Switzerland
Peter Wipf, USA
Qi-Lin Zhou, P. R. China
Associate Editors
Kathrin A. Brun
Changchun Fu
Malgorzata Krause-Gruszczynska
Yuzhu Song