All Reactions and synthesis articles – Page 52
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OpinionEnthralled by evaporation
A giant rotary evaporator is a mesmerising thing, says Chemjobber, but the plant requires a different approach
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Research
Pattern reactions driven by DNA strands
Waves of self-catalysing chemical reactions can be controlled using short strands of DNA
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PodcastHydrofluoric acid
Breaking Bad may have exaggerated its body-dissolving effects, but Katrina Krämer finds the truth about hydrofluoric acid is just as gruesome
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ResearchX-ray laser snaps first bond-forming transition state
Study of femtosecond-timescale carbon monoxide oxidation highlights technique’s potential in catalysis
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ResearchEnzyme uses internal network for cyclisation
Researchers have pinpointed individual amino acid residues involved in the production of cyclic terpenes by a plant enzyme
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ResearchExploiting the chirality of DNA
DNA covalently bound to cellulose offers new perspectives in asymmetric catalysis
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Research‘Robot scientist’ speeds up drug discovery
Automated AI lab that learns and formulates hypotheses has identified promising anti-cancer and anti-malarial compounds
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ResearchThin film approach to biocatalysis
Researchers say consider enzymes from the start to broaden industrial applications of nature’s catalysts
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OpinionRubriflordilactone A
Sometimes it’s worth building aromatics instead of buying them, says BRSM
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ResearchAlkali metal explosion explained
High-speed cameras help re-examine the chemistry behind a classic classroom demonstration
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ResearchChemistry's toughest total synthesis challenge put on hold by lack of funds
‘Seemingly impossible’ synthesis of highly potent poison maitotoxin nears completion after eight years
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OpinionAlkynes reverse reactivity
A mild coupling of alkynes with thiol nucleophiles appeals to Karl Collins
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ResearchDNA origami makes moving machines
Hinge-like structures can open and close again and again on binding of DNA
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ResearchLight drives unusual rotaxane-to-catenane transformation
Chemists ring the changes of mechanically-interlocked molecules
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ResearchChemistry from the skies promises low-emission nylon raw material
Cyclohexane activated using ozone and UV to make adipic acid could slash industrial emissions of ozone-depleting greenhouse gas nitrous oxide
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ResearchAsteroid bombardment of early Earth may have created building blocks of life
Simulated asteroid impacts turn simple chemical into DNA bases
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ResearchSpinach chlorophyll activates polymer production line
Light energy channelled into biomedically useful molecules
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ResearchOne rotaxane, two catalytic stories
Molecular machine generates different products from a common set of building blocks
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ResearchFemtofluidic droplet manipulation now possible
Modular toolbox turns droplets into microreactors with volumes one billion times smaller than microtitre plate wells