Reactions and synthesis – Page 3
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ResearchPlaying her part in building South Africa’s scientific reputation
Meet Pinkie Ntola, an early-career Black researcher who is passionate about being a credible scientist, an inspiring teacher and a supportive mentor
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ResearchSimple substitution creates subset of rhodamine fluorophores with extreme solubility
Tetramethyl-substituted 3-phosphonorhodamines look set to find use in cellular imaging
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ResearchAerophobic electrodes prevent bubble coalescence and boost mass transport
Hydrogel electrode coating improves the efficiency of gas evolution reactions
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ResearchLong-lived excited states open the door to earth-abundant metal photocatalysts
New findings show that cobalt (III) complexes can catalyse reactions not previously thought possible
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ResearchElectrophilic aromatic bromination study casts doubt on textbook intermediate
New computational evidence that electrophilic aromatic bromination actually occurs via an addition–elimination mechanism
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ResearchLasers and lithium team up for ammonia production at ambient conditions
A pioneering method uses lasers and lithium salts to fix nitrogen with record-breaking yields
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ResearchMOFs offer safer solution for handling fluorinated gases that can ‘tame the tiger’
Compounds vital in medicinal chemistry and imaging can be stored ready to use at room temperature
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ResearchEncapsulation drives visible light isomerisation in azobenzene photoswitch
Efficiency and selectivity of photoswitches boosted by confining light-sensitive structures into supramolecular capsules
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ResearchDoubly oxidised carbene tests the limits of the octet rule
Removal of two non-bonding electrons creates four-electron intermediate that could find use in synthesis
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ResearchTransformation analysis reveals structural similarities in FDA-approved drugs
Reaction informatics tools combined to create a new method for mapping chemical space
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Research‘Transformative’ carbonyl cross-metathesis used to synthesise alkenes
Two new catalytic methods can produce a broad range of Z- and E-alkenes with remarkable cross-selectivity, paving the way for more efficient organic syntheses
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ResearchElectrochemical conversion of acids to alkenes achieved on kilogram scale
Efficient production of valuable alkenes achieved under mild conditions by reversing hydrocarboxylation reaction
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ResearchChemical oscillator’s tick-tock action catalyses reaction regular as clockwork
Small molecule oscillator can catalyse Knoevenagel condensation periodically without affecting the oscillation
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ResearchOrganocatalyst deconstructs mixed plastic waste into monomers
Step towards closed-loop recycling
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ResearchClever ligand design enables alcohol-directed C-H activation
Despite being the most common functional group in nature alcohols have proven difficult to functionalise
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ResearchChemical industry hasn’t yet developed an appetite for biocatalysis, survey finds
Misconceptions along with a lack of time and resources driving industry’s reluctant attitude to biocatalysis and chemoenzymatic catalysis
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ResearchNeural network boosts chiral ligand design
System trained on small dataset to optimise Negishi cross-coupling reaction
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ResearchHydrogen-free hydrogenation offers simple solution for medicinal chemists
New method expands electrochemical hydrogenation’s scope
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ResearchReference electrode misuse sparks alarm among electrochemists
Inaccurate measurements caused by poor practice has meant that electrochemists are educating others on how to maintain accuracy when venturing into the world of electrocatalysis
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ResearchChatGPT predicts synthesis conditions for MOFs
Accessible AI tool can assess multitude of protocols for making new porous materials