Organic chemistry – Page 52
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ResearchCarbon–carbon couplings go 3D
Reaction extends 2010 Nobel prize winning Suzuki coupling and can be used to modify natural products
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OpinionHow good do you want it?
Quality analysis is a very different ball game to a simple reaction check, says Chemjobber
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PodcastNaphthalene
Once a fusty way of keeping moths out of clothes, Brian Clegg explains how naphthalene may have helped bring life to Earth
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PodcastChemistry World podcast - May 2014
We speak to the ‘sultan of synthesis’, Phil Baran, and Peter James explains how labs can save cash on energy bills
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OpinionMandelalide A
New reactions need to belong in a synthesis, says BRSM, not be forced in for show
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PodcastDiphenyl oxalate
Nature has a range of ways to create bioluminescence. Not to be outdone, chemists create their own glow with diphenyl oxalate.
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FeatureThe sultan of synthesis
Phil Baran is spurring organic chemists to rethink how they make complex compounds, as Mark Peplow discovers
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PodcastDichloromethane
It smells sweet, is potentially lethal and organic chemists rely on it: Emily James on dichloromethane
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PodcastBatrachotoxin
Stephen Wallace introduces batrachotoxin, a deadly toxin that comes from a beautiful little frog
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OpinionRinging the changes
A chemical manufacturing plant is a whole new world compared to the lab, as Chemjobber explains
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OpinionTools of the trade
Derek Lowe wonders what the most life-changing instrument for organic chemists is, and what might be missing from the toolbox
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OpinionIndoxamycins A, C and F
BRSM gets to the core of a divergent synthesis of this natural product family
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PodcastAcetaldehyde
Brian Clegg meets a simple organic compound with a reputation for being something of a bruiser
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ResearchDesigner esters for complex carbohydrates
Global deprotection in a single step streamlines oligosaccharide synthesis