Organic matter – Page 4
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OpinionIn search of ultimate selectivity
A catalyst that reacts only with aryl iodides, spurning bromides and chlorides
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BusinessHow many papers do you read a week?
Everyone needs a strategy to keep up with the literature
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OpinionCombining Lewis acid and redox catalysis
Organic phenalenyl cations perform a dual role without transition metals
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OpinionBrute force and ignorance
It’s time for academia to get with the project plan and fail faster
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OpinionMaking light work of synthesis
The LED zeppelin is flying high, but is it all hot air asks Karl Collins
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OpinionA sideways look at synthesis
Side products might not be what you want, but they could be what you need
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OpinionKetones perform at the palladium
C–H activation takes the stress out of organometallic couplings
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OpinionChanging the reproducibility rulebook
It pays to know when taking shortcuts is acceptable, and which it’s safe to take
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OpinionBeyond buckets and batches
Embracing flow chemistry means leaving behind some faithful friends
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Opinion(‒)-Pavidolide B
An innovative approach to making five-membered carbon rings makes for a strikingly short synthesis
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OpinionForcing fluorines into shape
Sometimes unnatural molecules can be more challenging to synthesise than natural metabolites
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Opinion(+)-Pleuromutilin
Total synthesis is sometimes the only way to explore the chemical space around a natural product
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OpinionNickel catalyst couples alcohols and carbon dioxide
Flexibility and low cost make nickel a firm favourite in catalysis