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ResearchIt’s not enough to be 3D and aromatic to be 3D aromatic
Misusing the term 3D aromaticity could put chemists on a slippery slope where the concept loses meaning
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Catalytic alchemy sees device transform one metal so that it behaves like another
Electric charge enables the catalytic ‘speed limit’ for many important reactions to be bypassed
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Webinar
Broadband benchtop NMR spectroscopy: it’s more than just protons
Join us on 29 June for an introduction to broadband NMR spectroscopy – and see how the Oxford Instruments X-Pulse enables applications using a wide range of nuclei
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News
Yield-predicting AI needs chemists to stop ignoring failed experiments
For machine-learning algorithms to make accurate yield predictions, chemists need to start reporting more low-yielding reactions and spell out implied experimental details
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Research
Bottleable but reactive carbocations are powerful hydride abstractors
Fluorinated trityl cations outperform trityl for hydride abstraction reactions
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Lunar soil shows promise as a catalyst for extraterrestrial photosynthesis
Moon rock could one day be used to accelerate water splitting and carbon dioxide conversion in space to support crewed missions
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Webinar
Fingerprinting recycled thermoplastic resins for process optimisation
Join us on 15 June to learn how to investigate feedstock quality, fingerprint recycled thermoplastic resins and streamline your process using thermal analysis and rheology
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Opinion
How chemistry provides a unique perspective on causation
Philosophical mysteries around chemical reactions
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Opinion
Letters: May 2022
Readers reminisce about a smelly interview question and curl up with their favourite arrow-based textbook
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Opinion
Beyond the transition state
Entropy production could be a key guide to predicting how a reaction product forms
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Opinion
Exit strategy
Overcoming a major setback showed Derek Lowe could make it through graduate school
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Research
Spotlight shone on sped up photochemical reactions in droplets
Light can produce ‘hot spots’ in aerosols that supercharge reaction rates
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Research
Molecular ratchet made from only 26 atoms rotates in one direction
Chiral fuel drives molecular machine’s rotation, mimicking fundamental biological processes
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Opinion
Building data systems to break down research silos
Shared schemas could make it a lot easier for researchers to cross discipline boundaries
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Research
Origin of water’s DNA-damaging slow electrons discovered
First evidence of intermolecular Coulombic decay in liquid water will allow better modelling of radiation damage in living tissue
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Microscopy unveils piece-by-piece formation of 2D covalent polymers
New results provide ‘fundamental insights’ on the growth of covalent organic framework monolayers
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Catalysing change in sustainable chemical synthesis
New innovations in a classic concept are making industrial processes greener
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Plasmonic catalyst smashes record for reducing vital chemical feedstock
Chalcogenide catalyses reduction of nitroaromatics used in everything from paints, plastics and pharmaceuticals
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Fully nitrated benzene sets explosive record
Nitro-nitroaminobenzene is the organic compound with the largest detonation energy release yet
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Study finds Goldilocks organoborane catalysts for fluorination
Tuning fluoride ion affinity opens a window for organoborane phase transfer catalysis in nucleophilic fluorination reactions
