Organic chemistry – Page 22
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ResearchNew form of pure carbon made by manipulating atoms
Elusive 18-carbon ring pinned down on surface
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OpinionMargaret Brimble: 'Spiroketals are my favourite molecules'
The New Zealand chemist on careers, creativity and why everything just has to be blue
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ArticleAccurate temperature control achieving big results, on a small scale
Radleys’ compact reaction station brings accurate temperature control to chemical scientists managing small-scale experiments
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ResearchPush–pull radical theory finally vindicated after decades of back and forth
Solvent effect proves that captodative effect really exists after all
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ResearchModified metallohelices show medical potential
Post-assembly click reactions on helical metal complexes produces biological activity akin to that of the arrow poison ouabain
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ResearchMechanochemistry bypasses need for solvents in Suzuki coupling
Adding a small amount of olefin dramatically improves challenging solid-state coupling reaction
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ResearchSelf-assembling ‘buckybowls’ inspired by virus capsids
Football-like molecules could be used in drug delivery, catalysis and synthesis
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ResearchAlgorithm increases certainty of stereochemical assignments in flexible molecules
Computational fitting procedure set to reinvigorate vibrational circular dichroism spectroscopy
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OpinionFluorine: the T rex of the periodic table
Pass out the nickel superalloy reactor kit, it’s time to tame that most reactive of elements
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ResearchFirst molecular knots made from just benzene rings
Catenane and trefoil knot are the first mechanically interlocked molecules made from only carbon and hydrogen
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ResearchNew chiral carbene expands ligand reservoir for asymmetric catalysis
Introducing rigidity boosts enantioselectivity
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ResearchAFM captures changing structures of charged molecules
Technique that adds electrons one by one could enable new molecules to be synthesised by atomic manipulation
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OpinionThe silent rise of the robots
Mechanical helpers have been creeping into our labs for decades
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ResearchSelf-deoxygenating glassware is a breath of fresh air for oxygen-sensitive reactions
Lab vials coated with glucose oxidase convert dissolved oxygen into a catalyst for RAFT polymerisation
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ResearchElectric field flicks switch for bond breaking reaction
Proof that electrostatics can selectively power up one reaction in a multistep process
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ResearchFloppiness scale untangles knotted molecules
Chemists use floppiness factor to characterise mechanically interlocked molecules using mass spectrometry
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ResearchNew hypervalent iodine compound is most powerful oxidant in series
2-iodoxybenzoic acid ditriflate can oxidise stubborn hydrocarbons and obstinate polyfluoroalcohols
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Opinion(+)-Microladallene B
A weird structure is enough to spark chemists’ interest, even without any obvious use
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ResearchChiral borane complexes catalyse new synthesis opportunities
N-heterocyclic carbene-borane complexes with a rare stereogenic boron centre demonstrate potential in stereoselective catalysis