Organic chemistry – Page 38
-
ResearchMost complex reaction ever triggered by atomic manipulation makes molecular wire
Construction helps shed new light on mechanism of century-old reaction
-
-
-
-
ResearchFour step route to carbotricycles
Elegant strategy that directly assembles 5–8–5 scaffolds from simple precursors paves way to a new library of bioactive compounds
-
-
ResearchErrors in continuum solvent models unravelled at last
Study reveals when, and how, continuum solvent methods fail in computational studies of solvent-phase reaction mechanisms and provide an alternative solvent modelling strategy
-
PodcastIron sulfides
One mineral form may look like gold, but Brian Clegg isn't fooled by the value of iron sulfides
-
ResearchThree negative charges crammed onto carbons in a single molecule
The first organic tricarbanion pushes the number of negative charges in one molecule to its limits
-
ResearchWhite light emission on the molecular scale
Single-molecule system could simplify electronic displays
-
-
ResearchUnexpected appearance of water makes a big difference to supramolecules
Self-assembly subtly altered by trace amount of water in solvents
-
-
ResearchEnzyme helps photoredox get enantioselective
Enantioenriched amine synthesis is inaugural example of photoredox and enzyme collaboration
-
-
ResearchRobots explore chemistry’s dark spaces
Thousands of nanoscale experiments create map of reactions that don’t work
-
OpinionWhy choice of solvent matters more than you think
Weak interactions with solvents could change the chemical identity of a solution
-
ResearchStudy confirms long-distance quantum tunnelling in thiourea
Validation for unusual proton-transfer process first observed 15 years ago
-
PodcastPotassium bitartrate
Brian Clegg with the winemaking byproduct that may be lurking in your larder
-
ResearchSimplest supramolecular helix forms from diethylamine
Diethylamine is the smallest and simplest molecule that forms a supramolecular helix as its lowest energy aggregate