Industrial chemistry – Page 4
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ResearchThe five reactions on every organic chemist’s wish list
Synthesis has some catching-up to do to create the reactions every drug discovery chemist dreams of
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OpinionIn search of ultimate selectivity
A catalyst that reacts only with aryl iodides, spurning bromides and chlorides
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ResearchPatent-busting AI tool navigates around protected drug pathways
Organic retrosynthesis software can identify key bonds involved in patented reactions to find alternative pathways
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PodcastLevulinic acid
How one footballer's climate concerns led to the creation of a green chemistry company: the story of Mathieu Flamini, GFBiochemicals and levulinic acid.
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ResearchWaste vegetable oils turned into chemicals for drugs and plastics
Dual catalytic system converts complex carboxylic acids into terminal alkenes
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ResearchExotic amino acids made easy with radicals
Stereoselective radical coupling to rival classic Strecker synthesis for easy access to unusual amino acids
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FeatureThe nanocoatings holding back corrosion
Corrosion is an age-old problem, but some of the latest solutions are distinctly 21st century. Rachel Brazil reports
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FeatureCombining homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis
Can you make a catalyst that has the stability and recyclability of a heterogeneous one with the selectivity of a homogeneous one? Rachel Brazil talks to the scientists finding out
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FeatureSolvents and sustainability
Organic solvents make up a huge part of the waste from the chemical industry. Clare Sansom looks at efforts to reduce the loss or replace them entirely
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ResearchSolving the crystal maze
Workflow swaps gut feelings for data when designing continuous crystallisation processes
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ArticleDriving pharmaceutical innovation
Making drugs is neither easy nor cheap – but catalysts, flow chemistry and a knowledge of intermolecular interactions can help
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ResearchAlternative pathway to phosphorus compounds skips white phosphorus
Intermediate opens way to making pesticides and flame retardants with novel silicon–phosphorus anion
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Research1500 reactions per day go with the flow
Automated flow chemistry system puts high-speed spin on drug discovery
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PodcastTEMPO – (2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl)oxyl
Katrina Krämer speaks to organic chemist Daniel Allwood about a multi-talented molecule that proves that not all radicals live up to their name
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OpinionChanging the reproducibility rulebook
It pays to know when taking shortcuts is acceptable, and which it’s safe to take
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PodcastAluminium chloride
Brian Clegg becomes a sleuth to investigate the uses of a deceptively simple Lewis acid