All Reactions and synthesis articles – Page 12
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ResearchDouble-layer hollow spheres catalyse syngas conversion into clean fuels
New catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch process exhibits exceptional performance and selectivity
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ResearchAtom-swapping reaction sequence turns cyclic diarylmethanes into diarylethers
Strategy that stitches three different reactions together could be useful for making pharmaceutical intermediates
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WebinarShine a light on your chemistry with in-situ photo-NMR
Understand more about your photochemistry by observing molecular changes dynamically with benchtop NMR spectroscopy
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OpinionBecause it isn’t there
Why do chemists do what they do? The underlying philosophy for many of us is the same as it has been for centuries
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ResearchStudy casts doubt on water microdroplets’ ability to spontaneously produce hydrogen peroxide
Atmospheric ozone appears to be hidden culprit behind scientific puzzle
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ResearchEngineered enzyme speeds up sedate organic reaction
Biochemical optimisation applied to the Morita–Hillman–Baylis reaction
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ResearchEvolved enzymes carry out new-to-nature radical chemistry
Directed evolution produces enzymes that can ‘tame’ radical intermediates for asymmetric catalytic reactions
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FeatureWiring up organic synthesis
James Mitchell Crow talks to the organic chemists using electrochemistry to add or remove electrons to their molecules at the flick of a switch
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ResearchLow temperature method for decarbonising limestone locks carbon dioxide up as a mineral
Process could drastically cut carbon emissions associated with manufacturing cement
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Research40-year-old mystery of why some molecules break all cyclisation rules has been solved
Molecules that blatantly violate Woodward–Hoffmann rules could lead to general theory of cyclisation in polar compounds
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ResearchGreen credentials of crystallisation process turned around by rotary cone dryer tweak
Mechanochemistry helps transformations and cocrystallisations cut solvent use on an industrial scale
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NewsChemistry Nobel laureate Robert Grubbs dies at 79
US chemist shared 2005 prize for his role in developing the metathesis method in organic synthesis
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NewsThe curious incident of the catalytic amine that never was
A series of unfortunate events and a missed control experiment meant palladium sneaked its way into a supposedly amine-catalysed reaction
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WebinarUsing flow chemistry to give early drug discovery processes a boost
Discover how pioneering modular flow chemistry technologies can unlock the potential for discovery chemists to accelerate research
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ResearchMashed magnesium used to prepare Grignards without worrying about air
Mechanochemical method avoids inert gas and dry solvents in classic organometallic reaction
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ResearchRare red californium sandwich pushes frontier of isolable molecules
Researchers rehearsed metallocene’s synthesis with other elements before using just two milligrams of the precious radioactive actinide
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ResearchDiels-Alder reaction directly observed under the microscope
Simple ring-forming reaction followed on a surface for the first time using scanning probe microscopy
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ResearchPorous material made by mimicking deep Earth conditions
Extreme temperature changes water’s properties so it can replace organic solvent
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ResearchRecord-breaking hexagon made out of fused aromatic rings
90 rings form the largest structure of its kind ever made
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ResearchDearomatisation, but without nasty reagents
New Birch reduction protocol creates solvated electrons without the dangerous combination of liquid ammonia and alkali metal