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ResearchOrganic catalyst could cut the chlor-alkali process’s enormous appetite for energy
Cheap molecule achieves similar performance as existing costly metallic catalysts – but faces major questions about its stability
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N-heterocyclic carbene ligands bulk up to better stabilise metal catalysts
New family of molecules has highest steric volume reported to date for N-aliphatic NHC ligands
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New neural networks calculate catalysts’ adsorption energy ‘with lightning-fast speed’
AI has been used to overcome the problems of modelling massive molecules on metal surfaces, which could accelerate the design of efficient catalysts
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Opinion
Boosting cubane synthesis with photosensitizers
Leaping to a greener approach for cubane synthesis
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Less is more for copper catalyst when it comes to synthesising acetate from CO
Electrochemical process that targets specific intermediate produces valuable chemical feedstock more efficiently
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Waste gases from steelmaking repurposed to prepare pharmaceuticals
Amide-based drug molecules, including paracetamol and vorinostat, made using carbon-rich emissions
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Benzene’s forgotten isomer takes centre stage in organic synthesis
1,2,3-cyclohexatriene proves to be an unexpected hit as a reagent in a wide range of reactions
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Nanoparticles poison single-atom cross coupling catalyst
In a classic heterogeneous palladium catalyst, less than 1% of metal does 99% of catalytic work
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Electrophotocatalysis widens the scope of carbonyl olefination
New approach avoids the strong bases associated with the Wittig reaction, supporting a wider range of starting materials
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Feature
The messy chemistry that led to life
To understand how chemistry became biology, some chemists are eschewing simple reactions to study complex systems with many reactants and products. Rachel Brazil peers through the tangle
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Helicenes are the ‘first true organic electrocatalyst’ for carbon dioxide reduction
Bio-inspired molecules accelerate catalytic carbon dioxide reduction and offer advantages in stability and tuneability
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Mechanistic mysteries of nickel catalysts unveiled
New discoveries reveal the effect of several salts and anions in nickel-catalysed reactions, including cross-couplings and polymerisations
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Rapid alternating polarity brings new life to 189-year-old electrochemical reaction
A more sustainable approach to the Kolbe reaction could reduce chemists’ reliance on oil-derived materials
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Explainer: what is green chemistry and why does it matter?
25 years after the field’s 12 principles were first laid down, green chemistry has moved into the mainstream
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Boron-doped olympicenes are surprisingly stable
By possessing useful electronic properties, boraolympicenes could have potential applications in organic electronics
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Partnership aims to integrate green chemistry into university courses around the world
Merck KGaA’s life science business and Beyond Benign want to reach 1 million university students a year
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Soapbark tree’s biosynthetic pathway for vaccine adjuvant saponins
Researchers use genome mining and bioengineering techniques to map out route
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Opinion
Meeting the tigers of the lab
Practical teaching strikes a balance between removing hazards and learning to respect them
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Skeletal editing provides a simple route to access isoquinolines
Direct nitrogen atom insertion into a broad range of indenes and cyclopentadienes
