Abstract
AbstractInvited for this month's cover is the group of Marcel A. Liauw at the RWTH Aachen University (Germany). The cover picture shows a playable version of the homogeneously catalyzed Guerbet‐coupling from ethanol to n‐butanol. The 2D ball‐in‐a‐maze‐game is shown here because the reaction steps are either performed in presence of a redox catalyst (top‐down) or in presence of a base (left‐right). Both axes can be moved independently from each other and substances are connected with humps in the height of the activation barrier. Playing the game repeatedly for a defined time and writing down the outcomes (see blackboard) yields the composition of the reaction mixture at a given time. Alas, the highly active redox catalyst Ru‐MACHO shows unsatisfying yields and selectivities of n‐butanol. But why? Read the full text of their Full Paper at 10.1002/cmtd.202000056.
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