Inorganic chemistry
The latest chemistry news and research on inorganic chemistry, including main group chemistry, transition metals, organometallics and lanthanides and actinides, from the Royal Society of Chemistry's magazine, Chemistry World
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OpinionChemistry contains multitudes
There’s room (and need) for all the various subspecies of chemical scientists
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PodcastUK science department abolished & Ireland’s crumbling concrete
What does a new prime minister mean for UK science? Plus, why are thousands of Irish buildings falling apart?
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ResearchUranium complex smashes record for consecutive bonds between atoms
Linear complex is the first all-metal compound to have more than two triple bonds in a row
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NewsWhy are buildings cracking-up in Ireland?
The chemistry behind an epidemic that is destroying concrete in houses, hospitals and schools
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NewsChemistry Nobel laureate wants humanity to focus on mining ‘invisible gold’ all around us
Susumu Kitagawa says that his vision is that one day porous materials will allow us to tap air for raw materials
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OpinionRewriting the textbooks – authors tell us how they do it
Peter Atkins, Catherine Housecroft and Jonathan Clayden guide us through the changing world of textbooks
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OpinionCatherine Housecroft: ‘Undergraduates do not want to buy big, heavy textbooks’
The author of the authoritative Inorganic Chemistry discusses how changing student attitudes have led the shift to digital resources
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PodcastClick chemistry marks 25 years & covalent bonding in the actinides
Click chemistry: it’s in the name. How has this unique discipline made its mark over the last quarter decade? And, we discuss new experimental evidence of how covalent bonding works in the actinides.
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ResearchScattering technique probes actinide orbitals to present experimental evidence of covalency trend
Study confirms predicted increase in covalency from uranium to plutonium
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ResearchBoron equivalent of buckminsterfullerene finally observed after decades of research
Careful control of cluster cooling conditions enables resolution of long-sought photoelectron spectrum, but DFT confirmation remains elusive
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WebinarMarine chemistry in a warming world: preserving Earth’s largest natural buffer
Learn how climate change is affecting the ocean’s biogeochemical cycles
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NewsPaint manufacturers still putting consumers at risk in Mexico with sale of toxic lead paints
Over half of paints sold in the country contain unsafe levels of lead pigments, with some reaching up to 29% lead
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PodcastVanadium-based medicines & sustainable labs
Vanadium-based medicines? We discuss the 23rd element’s little-known potential in pharmaceuticals. Plus, how labs across the UK are making achievable changes to increase their sustainability.
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ResearchThree-atom bismuth ring reveals new form of aromaticity
All-metal ring is the heaviest analogue of an aromatic three-membered ring
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ResearchCarbon-free ferrocene analogue synthesised
Osmium complex is the first carbon-free version of the classic sandwich compound
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OpinionWhen vanadium almost changed how we treat type 2 diabetes
Chris Orvig tells the story of BEOV
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ResearchVanadium’s promise in medicine and the researchers who refuse to give up
It mimics phosphate, kills cancer cells in the lab and almost changed how we treat diabetes. So why has a vanadium compound never made it to the clinic?
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WebinarDiscovering the elements: no simple stories
Discover the true nature of scientific discovery
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ResearchCooperative gallium bonds unlock zero-valent titanium and zirconium
Strategy could make low-valent metal chemistry a lot more accessible
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NewsChina dominates the discovery of new chemicals and reactions
The country’s contribution to known chemical space has grown exponentially in recent decades, driven by strong domestic R&D investment