All Reactions and synthesis articles – Page 26
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ResearchMechanochemistry bypasses need for solvents in Suzuki coupling
Adding a small amount of olefin dramatically improves challenging solid-state coupling reaction
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ResearchNanotube catalysts spring into action on microplastic waste
Helical carbon nanotubes activate an oxidant that produces polymer-degrading free radicals
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ResearchSelf-assembling ‘buckybowls’ inspired by virus capsids
Football-like molecules could be used in drug delivery, catalysis and synthesis
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OpinionFluorine: the T rex of the periodic table
Pass out the nickel superalloy reactor kit, it’s time to tame that most reactive of elements
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ResearchFirst molecular knots made from just benzene rings
Catenane and trefoil knot are the first mechanically interlocked molecules made from only carbon and hydrogen
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ResearchAlgorithm finds the 569 molecules that might drive a waste-free economy
Strategic compounds within a huge chemical network pinpointed by machine learning
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ResearchCatalyst metal recovery adds greener notes to whisky production
Bacteria harnessed to make magnetite nanoparticles that can trap copper for click reactions
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ResearchMolecular amplifier makes purest chiral Möbius aromatic
Stack of chiral components creates most enantiopure twisted aromatic ring ever made
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ResearchNew chiral carbene expands ligand reservoir for asymmetric catalysis
Introducing rigidity boosts enantioselectivity
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ResearchAFM captures changing structures of charged molecules
Technique that adds electrons one by one could enable new molecules to be synthesised by atomic manipulation
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ResearchShrinking process generates uniform carbon nanotubes
Researchers contract carbon nanotubes down to their theoretical limit
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ArticleJohnson Matthey is taking charge of the electric vehicle revolution
The elements of future power
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OpinionThe silent rise of the robots
Mechanical helpers have been creeping into our labs for decades
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ResearchSelf-deoxygenating glassware is a breath of fresh air for oxygen-sensitive reactions
Lab vials coated with glucose oxidase convert dissolved oxygen into a catalyst for RAFT polymerisation
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PodcastCyclopropane
Chemistry’s tastiest bonds for an explosive anaesthetic that was as useful as it was dangerous
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Podcast2C psychedelics
A class of hallucinogenic phenethylamines, explored by the 'godfather of psychedelics' Alexander Shulgin and sadly implicated in a tragedy at a 2017 music festival
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ResearchElectric field flicks switch for bond breaking reaction
Proof that electrostatics can selectively power up one reaction in a multistep process
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OpinionTaking the k out of kinetics
Even if classic kinetics are correct, that doesn’t mean we can’t fix them