Reactions and synthesis – Page 10
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ResearchMicroscopy 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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ResearchPlasmonic 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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ResearchFully nitrated benzene sets explosive record
Nitro-nitroaminobenzene is the organic compound with the largest detonation energy release yet
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ResearchSwitching molecular self-assembly on and off with electricity
New approach uses electrons to catalyse molecular recognition, giving chemists precise control over the process
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ResearchThis computational chemist is experimentalists’ secret weapon in the hunt for new materials
Kim Jelfs discusses how software development feeds – and needs – collaboration
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ResearchStudy finds Goldilocks organoborane catalysts for fluorination
Tuning fluoride ion affinity opens a window for organoborane phase transfer catalysis in nucleophilic fluorination reactions
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ResearchIBM teaches reaction planning system to ‘speak enzyme’
RXN seeks to use enzyme catalysis to make chemistry more sustainable and resource efficient
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ResearchElectric field of ATP synthase suggests enzyme has functions beyond catalysis
Study links energy-making enzyme with proton migration in ATP formation, and reinforces predictions that its catalytic efficiency is around 90%
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ResearchRobot chemist snaps 3D building blocks together like Lego to make complex molecules
Automated synthesiser uses a new class of boronates that are a thousand times more stable than those previously used
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ResearchSulfonated macrocycle helps the medicine go down
A supramolecular approach makes alkaloid drugs taste less bitter
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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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ResearchCurie temperature high makes organic ferroelectric pair stand out
Homochiral organic ferroelectrics get set to upgrade smart and medical devices
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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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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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ResearchMashed magnesium used to prepare Grignards without worrying about air
Mechanochemical method avoids inert gas and dry solvents in classic organometallic reaction