Organic chemistry – Page 23
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ResearchUltra-fluorinated cyclohexane shows off two faces
1,2,3,4,5,6‐hexakis(trifluoromethyl)‐cyclohexane is the most sterically crowded all-cis derivative
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ResearchSimple lipid networks combine self-assembly, replication, competition and inhibition
Artificial cells have previously lacked the complexity that is distinct to natural life but scientists are edging closer
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ResearchLargest hollow cage molecule yet made from 1000 atoms
Giant polyoxymetalate cluster contains 240 molybdenum, 740 oxygen and 20 sulfur atoms
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ResearchAniline synthesis turns to photochemistry to access challenging targets
New photochemical strategy could jump in where common cross-coupling reactions fall short
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ResearchTriple mechanochemistry mechanism might be a first for organic chemistry
Discovery of how molecular tuning influences mechanism could be used in self-healing polymers or in plastics that break down upon mechanical activation
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ResearchNMR findings suggest solution to enhanced diffusion dispute
Energy release rate may solve the puzzle of why the phenomenon is seen in some systems but not others
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ResearchSurface sites on gold catalyst edited to control regioselectivity of a click reaction
Steric hindrance created by phosphine ligands restricts how substrates approach catalyst
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FeatureThe function of folding
Can chemists make molecules that fold up as well as proteins? Rachel Brazil talks to the people trying to create foldamers
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ResearchMacrocycles slide freely across carbon nanotubes
Simulations suggest macrocycles show superlubricity at room temperature
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Research‘Nanolympiadane’ created from supramolecular building blocks
A self-assembly approach has enabled the synthesis of large interlocked rings including a structure that resembles the Olympic logo
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ResearchMechanism maps predict chemoselectivity of NHC-catalysed transformations
Product forecasts from energy barrier calculations will help guide organocatalytic reactions
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OpinionGhanaian biochemistry TV star Marian Addy
Marian Addy was the first female science professor in Ghana, who studied herbal medicine – and was a TV star
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ResearchCatalyst takes its time to deliver both enantiomers in one pot synthesis
Discovery could enable access to both enantiomers of a drug in a single synthesis
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ResearchYour new labmate does 700 reactions in eight days – and it’s a robot
Robotic chemist optimises water-splitting photocatalyst by working continuously for eight days even in complete darkness
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ResearchPhotocatalysis in flow makes carbon bonds from nearly inert natural gases
C–H activating methane, ethane and propane in a flow reactor shows that it’s possible to use gaseous hydrocarbons as reagents in organic synthesis
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ResearchHow the products of fire control the formation of snow
Nadine Borduas-Dedekind brings an organic chemist’s arrow-pushing insight to reactions in the atmosphere
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ResearchBright blue radical lives on for months in chicken feed and urea solution
Deep eutectic solvents can tame methyl viologen radical used in self-dimming windows
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Research‘Godzilla’s gym socks’ molecules' stench tamed by halogen bond
Russian researchers have found a way to eliminate the odour of some of the worst-smelling – but very useful – compounds in chemistry