Organic chemistry – Page 13
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WebinarRobots in the lab – learn how automation can streamline your workflow
The future of lab automation is promising. This webinar session reveals the answers to the most important questions in chemistry related automation today
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ResearchFirst synthesis of 1-azahomocubane shows nitrogen can take the strain
Chemists overcome synthetic challenges to finally incorporate a nitrogen atom into the homocubane skeleton
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ResearchGel capsules make reactions with organolithiums simpler and safer
Low-cost gels improve the handling and storage of traditionally dangerous organometallics, expanding applications and possibilities in synthesis
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ResearchSurprise as electric fields found to cleave bond homolytically
Study also uncovers that the reaction rate in a field increases linearly with the solvent dielectric constant
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ResearchTetraquinoline is the newest member of the nitrogen macrocycle family
The new saddle-shaped macrocycle shows catalytic activity and affinity to zinc cations
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OpinionThe psychology of our future with AI
It’s time to accept that digitalisation is changing laboratory work, and embrace the opportunity
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FeatureHow to automate your lab
Whether it’s robots, automation or software hacks, Nessa Carson finds ways for everyone to improve how they work in the lab
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FeatureThe robots revolutionising chemistry
Researchers working with automated systems are pushing the boundaries of what chemists can achieve in the lab, reports James Mitchell Crow
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ResearchFour new bonds to one carbon atom, in a single step
Accidental discovery shows that N-heterocyclic carbenes can act as sources of atomic carbon
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ResearchAI model accurately classifies reaction mechanisms
Machine learning ‘surpasses chemist experts’ in identifying chemical processes
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ResearchChemical chainmail constructed from interlocked coordination polymers
Simple synthesis yields an ‘infinite’ structure with applications in flexible materials
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ResearchStreamlined synthesis of quinine showcases sustainable organic strategy
Five pot synthesis delivers highest yield of antimalarial to date
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ResearchPhotochemistry frees arene functionalisation from metals
Sulfonium salts offer new possibilities for the alkylation and cyanation of aromatic molecules
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ResearchMolecular motor running on electricity mimics biological motors
The nanomachine is based on a [3]catenane and isn’t operated through a microscope tip, unlike others
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ResearchMechanochemistry set to expand availability of organomanganese reagents
Ball milling method avoids problems surrounding solution-based chemistry when synthesising arylmanganese nucleophiles
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ResearchBenchtop machine automates synthesis of drug screening hits
System could boost the efficiencies of drug discovery campaigns
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ResearchManganese complex behind method for preparing silanols that uses water as an oxidant
By using water as an oxidising agent, the reaction eliminates additional reagents and unwanted side-products
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FeatureFashion to dye for
Can colouring clothing be environmentally sustainable? Victoria Atkinson looks at how dyes have come full circle from their natural origins