Organic chemistry – Page 47
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Research
Chemical building blocks produce a wellspring of organic molecules
A new automated platform speeds up synthesis of small molecules
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Podcast
Chemistry World podcast – March 2015
How cephalopods teach chemists about camouflage, and new ways to convert carbon dioxide into useful materials
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Opinion
Enthralled by evaporation
A giant rotary evaporator is a mesmerising thing, says Chemjobber, but the plant requires a different approach
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Research
Radical observation lights up combustion
First sight of hydroperoxyalkyl radical provides reaction kinetics data that will contribute to engine design
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Research
Exploiting the chirality of DNA
DNA covalently bound to cellulose offers new perspectives in asymmetric catalysis
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Feature
High hopes
Cannabinoids are finally coming out of the shadows and onto the shelves of pharmacies around the globe. Rachel Brazil reports
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Opinion
Rubriflordilactone A
Sometimes it’s worth building aromatics instead of buying them, says BRSM
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Research
Chemistry's toughest total synthesis challenge put on hold by lack of funds
‘Seemingly impossible’ synthesis of highly potent poison maitotoxin nears completion after eight years
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Opinion
Alkynes reverse reactivity
A mild coupling of alkynes with thiol nucleophiles appeals to Karl Collins
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Research
Light drives unusual rotaxane-to-catenane transformation
Chemists ring the changes of mechanically-interlocked molecules
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Research
One rotaxane, two catalytic stories
Molecular machine generates different products from a common set of building blocks
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Feature
Let the molecules do the talking
Using molecules rather than electronics or optics to send messages sounds far-fetched, but it’s common in nature. Nina Notman dials up some compounds and investigates
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Opinion
Lycopodium alkaloids
Not all natural products are created equal. BRSM looks at a flexible route to some perennial favourites
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Podcast
Acetone peroxide
Simon Cotton takes us back to a dark day in UK history, to highlight a terrible use of acetone peroxide
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Opinion
Twisting activity from amides
When amides get out of shape, a whole new world of asymmetric aldol reactions opens up, says Karl Collins
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Research
James Crowley: Magicians rings and dumbbells on a molecular scale
James Crowley on making stimuli responsive molecular machines from mechanically interlocked architectures
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Feature
Chemistry in bloom
Sarah Houlton discovers the chemistry among the specimens at many botanical gardens