All Inorganic chemistry articles – Page 9
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ResearchThe big bang theory inspires discovery of new compound BaZnGa!
Fictional physicist Sheldon Cooper’s catchphrase has been brought to life in the lab
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Seaborg's americium dispute put to bed 60 years later
Hotly debated historical brouhaha that centred on the element’s covalency may have been solved
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Opinion
Nickel catalyst couples alcohols and carbon dioxide
Flexibility and low cost make nickel a firm favourite in catalysis
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Chemists unravel why humans aren’t constantly bursting into flames
Strong π-bonding holds the secret to taming dioxygen diradicals
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Scientists get charged up over titanium dioxide
Groups debate usefulness of conventional +4 titanium oxidation state compared to +2.5 charge state
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+2 lead hydride is world’s first
Organo-lead compound completes +2 hydride puzzle of heavy group 14 elements
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Anion confounds expectations with its electron-loving nature
A boron cluster is the first example of a dipole-distinguishing electrophilic anion
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‘Pink phosphorus’ caged in carbon nanotubes
Highly reactive white phosphorus seen linking up to make new 1D form on way to red allotrope of the element
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Feature
200 years of Gmelin’s handbook
2017 marks 200 years since Leopold Gmelin first published his influential handbook – and it’s still going strong, as Mike Sutton discovers
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First +5 praseodymium compound with PrN triple bond made
The second ever praseodymium compound with a +5 oxidation state paves the way for pentavalent lanthanide chemistry
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Copper brings glow to triple-bonded boron
Unexpected reaction between boron–boron triple bond and transition metals revealed
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Plutonium gets another oxidation state added to its arsenal
New +2 oxidation state fills hole in transuranium element chemistry
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First uranium–rhodium bond shows that shorter is not stronger
Complex with one of the shortest uranium–transition metal bonds ever reported is unstable in solution
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Secret of dinitrogen triple bond's strength unpicked
Scientists find an unexpected explanation for the strength of nitrogen–nitrogen triple bonds
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Inert helium reacted with sodium in chemistry first
Spartan field of helium chemistry given a lift with new sodium compound
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Podcast
Solvated electrons
Blue flashes and metallic water are just some of the tricks associated with the unleashed electron
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Stable polynitrogen synthesis first blows everyone away
Creation of five-membered aromatic nitrogen ring opens door to new highly energetic rocket fuels and explosives
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Bismuth superconductor leaves theory up in the air
Discovery of superconductivity at exceptionally low temperatures confounds current understanding of the phenomenon
