Organic chemistry – Page 7
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OpinionFluorine makes you an offer you can’t refuse
What might we do if we had a new, electron-donating equivalent element?
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Opinion(–)-Scabrolide B (again!)
Proverbially, comparison may not bring joy – but it can be educational
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ResearchSimulations suggest why highly unsaturated molecules are so abundant in the interstellar medium
Shocks, cosmic rays and x-rays seem to ionise and fragment saturated molecules via mechanisms that result in structures with the highest possible number of π bonds
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OpinionRobots queuing up to fail
Claims of an AI revolution in drug discovery are missing the biggest problem
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OpinionThe right level of trust in the scientific literature
An overreliance on what’s gone before can hinder innovation
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ResearchWireless, light-powered device opens door to high-throughput electrosynthesis
‘Ingenious and creative solution’ to electrochemistry’s ‘horrible wiring problem’
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ResearchShape-shifting carbon ring helps researchers test alternative weed management tactic
Pausing plant growth, rather than completely inhibiting it, might make weeds less inclined to develop resistance
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ResearchTime to stop mentioning alkyl group inductive effects
New computational evidence reiterates that alkyl groups are inductively electron-withdrawing and that hyperconjugation dominates
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ResearchAntiaromatic hydrocarbon boasts unusual stability
Pentalene-based system can reversibly switch between aromatic and antiaromatic states without undergoing skeletal or conformational changes
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ResearchProgrammable nanostructures created with DNA origami
DNA ‘voxels’ form up a range of shapes on command
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ResearchLight-driven method simplifies synthesis of complex heterocycles
Photochemical method provides controlled access to thiazole and isothiazole derivatives
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ResearchAir-stable rhenium complex catalyses alkyne metathesis
Study presents first non-d0 alkylidyne complex capable of effecting alkyne metathesis at room temperature
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ResearchNew Wittig reaction pathway proves old dog can learn new tricks
Breakthrough offers simple way to synthesise diverse triazabutadienes with a range of applications
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ResearchVisible light-powered catalysts clean up ‘forever chemicals’
Organic photoredox catalysts show promise for fluorinated pollutants
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FeatureThe new signs bringing greater understanding to organic chemistry
Rebecca Trager speaks to a US team developing a sign language lexicon for chemistry concepts that combines form with meaning to make the field more accessible for everyone
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ResearchLarge language models are better than humans at answering chemistry questions
AI models outperform human chemists in every topic area. But are they really better chemists?
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ResearchAI robots work together to perform autonomous synthesis and analysis
System offers route for rapid testing, analysis and interpretation of a wide range of chemistries
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ResearchSynthetic strategies overcome Bredt’s rule, unlocking complex bridgehead alkenes
Two research groups propose new synthetic strategies for making ‘impossible’ molecules, defying a 100-year-old bonding rule