Organic matter – Page 5
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OpinionFunctionalising pyridines with phosphonium salts
Newly-independent research groups often bring new perspectives to synthesis
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OpinionStill boiling after all these years
If you’ve got the facilities, distillation can be a powerful plant technique
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Opinion6-epi-Ophiobolin N
When it comes to cascade reactions, radicals are king of the ring-formers
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OpinionLighting up crowded corners
Combining photocatalysis with organocatalysis opens doors to chiral quaternary centres
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OpinionCrossing the boundaries
Getting reagents across interfaces requires help from phase-transfer catalysts – but transferring information is harder
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OpinionAn odd couple
Coupling unactivated phenols with amines requires an unusual approach, as Karl Collins discovers
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OpinionDead in the water
A healthy sense of hydrophobia is a useful trait in the plant, says Chemjobber
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OpinionScratching chiral surfaces
Heterogeneous asymmetric catalysis beyond hydrogenation is tricky, says Karl Collins
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OpinionFoaming at the reactor mouth
Turning a 1000 gallon reactor into a giant bubble bath is far from soothing, says Chemjobber
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OpinionBatzelladine B
Taming basic and reactive nitrogen atoms makes alkaloids more attractive targets, says BRSM
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OpinionA witches’ brew for trifluoromethylation
Karl Collins is surprised by the difficulty of a seemingly simple alkylation
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OpinionScrubbing up
Acid vapours are problematic on scales at which they corrode cars and cause acid rain, says Chemjobber
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Opinion(–)-Jiadifenolide
BRSM wonders what makes a route so good it becomes the last total synthesis of a complex target
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OpinionDispelling nickel’s catalytic demons
Stable Ni(IV) complexes could help nickel rival its flashier platinum-group cousins, says Karl Collins
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OpinionCatching the runaways
Exotherms in a plant require more than ice to avoid disaster, says Chemjobber