Organic chemistry – Page 42
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ResearchRoute to complex amines holds drug development promise
New catalytic reaction yields products with three adjacent chiral centres
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Research‘Ginger-meter’ tests strength of spice samples
Electrochemical sensor used to detect gingerol compounds
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Research'Robo-chemist' optimises reactions in one day
Intelligent automated reactor drastically cuts time it takes to optimise cross-coupling reactions
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NewsMOFs offer safer toxic gas storage
Start-up’s gas cylinders allows sub-atmospheric storage of hazardous gases like arsine used in semiconductor processing
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NewsThe patriotic chemist
Northwestern University’s Omar Farha, who hails from the West Bank, is all about MOFs and keeping America’s scientific community inclusive
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ResearchNanomotors change up a gear with metal turbocharge
Metal complexation can speed up molecular motor 32 times
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Research‘Artificial brain’ aces undergrad organic chemistry test
Algorithm learns chemistry just like a human and can predict the outcome of reactions it has never seen before
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FeatureSupraheroes
The three winners of this year’s chemistry Nobel gave chemists the tools to make molecules into machines. Emma Stoye assembles the story
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ResearchBatch and flow: united at last
Fully automated reactor can carry out multistep reactions using both batch and flow chemistry
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BusinessChemical activity on demand
Aqdot controls the release of encapsulated cargoes using supramolecular chemistry
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FeatureIonic liquids revisted
Ionic liquids have flowed far and wide since they first bubbled to the surface in the late 1990s. Michael Freemantle reports
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OpinionWhy molecular machines are more than just toys
This year’s Nobel prize could shift the field into high gear
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NewsMolecular machines roll in for the 2016 chemistry Nobel
Ben Feringa, Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Fraser Stoddart take chemistry’s top gong for creating a series of nanoscale machines
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OpinionMerrifield’s resin
The story of solid phase peptide synthesis shows the wisdom of embracing new ideas
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OpinionSlimmer synthesis
Atom economy is a noble aim, but there are other routes to efficient molecule making
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ResearchCoin catalyses chemical reaction
British one-penny coin catalyses polymerisation to make acrylics