Organic chemistry
The latest chemistry news and research on organic chemistry, including synthesis, natural products and total synthesis, reaction mechanisms and supramolecular chemistry, from the Royal Society of Chemistry's magazine, Chemistry World
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Opinion
Exploring the potential uses of usnic acid
As well as protecting lichen, this compound could have medical and cosmetic applications – if toxicity concerns can be overcome
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Business
The challenge of developing oral alternatives to peptide weight loss drugs
Companies are racing to develop alternatives to injectable diabetes and weight loss drugs
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News
What are the top journals in chemistry right now?
Following the recent release of journal impact factors, we round up the leading journals across 10 chemistry fields
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Research
Strange tetra-alcohol synthesised in simulated interstellar ice
After finding ‘impossible molecule’ methanetriol, team reaches ‘the final frontier’ and detects methanetetrol after 100 years
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Research
Clever carbene chemistry offers unified way to make cyclopropanes
Radical route cuts out explosive reagents
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Research
Carbene coating completely cuts corrosion on iron surfaces
A ’molecular double-sided tape’ protects iron from rusting with 99.6% efficiency
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Research
Morphine analogues kill pain with fewer negative side effects
Redesign of the potent painkiller’s core prevents breathing suppression and reduces addiction-related behaviours in mice
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Research
Boron building block assembles tetra-substituted alkenes like Lego
Powerful method offers control of stereochemistry to produce drugs and natural products
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Research
Silicon-based ‘ladder molecules’ take a step up in complexity
New compounds are ‘among the most complex organosilanes ever synthesised’
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Research
Seventy-year search for simpler route to valuable reactive intermediate ends
Ortho-quinodimethane made under mild conditions from common reagents
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Opinion
Getting good at human tasks
’What do you mean you had to lock the NMR with an oscilloscope and shim the magnet by hand?’
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Research
‘Microlightning’ released by peeling tape can drive chemical reactions
Intense localised electric fields can break bonds
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Research
Path to carbon dioxide-based chemicals smoothed with a dash of acid
Hydrochloric acid dissolves salts that gum-up reaction process
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Research
Why some sunscreens turn clothes crimson when bleached
Laundry mishap leads researchers to a surprising substitution reaction
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Opinion
Contemporary chemistry owes a lot to benzene's beginnings
Celebrating what started when Faraday found the molecule with no end
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News
How to find out if your magnetic stirrer is affecting your results – and how to fix it
Valentine Ananikov explains how the humble stirrer bar may be altering your results
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Research
Super-reducing photoredox catalyst paves a new way for arene reduction
Bio-inspired catalyst can reduce arenes without the need for harsh conditions
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Research
Abundant alkanes become gaseous alkylating agent with flow chemistry
Photocatalytic process can carry out late-stage optimisation of drug candidates
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Research
Lotions and perfumes found to affect ‘human oxidation field’ chemistry
What this means for us, if anything, is still unclear