Reactions and synthesis – Page 30
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ResearchCatalyst comms get specific
Organocatalyst selectively activates in response to light, hydrogen peroxide or acylase to control the rate of an aldol and Michael reaction
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ResearchChameleon boron switches between electrophile and nucleophile
Mida boronates can be either electrophilic or nucleophilic in rearrangement reactions
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ResearchPrebiotically plausible version of pH gradient generating catalyst
Scientists create simple metal ion system could have facilitated early metabolic processes, like ATP synthesis
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ResearchHighly reactive carbocations tamed in bond forming reaction
Chemists harness vinyl cations for hydrocarbon synthesis and discover an unusual mechanism along the way
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ResearchSilk cocoon-shaped electrocatalyst for water splitting
Cobalt polysulfide shows promise as low-cost alternative to platinum group catalysts
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ResearchAntioxidant repair keeps radical reaction running
Repurposed antioxidant’s mechanism-mending properties make tough alkene alkylation possible
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ResearchCarbon rings weaved into solvent-cleaning mesh
Tiny pores in conjugated carbon network cleanse organic solvents of impurities
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ResearchHeterogeneous catalysts supported on glass wool
Cheap material offers easy way to separate catalysts from reaction mixtures
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ResearchTextbook aromatic substitution mechanism overthrown
Established intermediate in nucleophilic aromatic substitution found to be a rare exception rather than the rule
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ResearchNanotube locked inside a porphyrin
Rotaxane-like assembly formed from mechanically interlocked carbon nanotubes and macrocylic porphyrin rings
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ResearchAI robot tests, predicts and even discovers reactions that are new to chemistry
Robotic chemist finds four unknown reactions and could speed up the discovery of new chemistry
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Research‘Break it to make it’ reaction to diversify drugs structures
Carbon–carbon bond breaking reaction might make chemists rethink how they build molecules
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ResearchWater splitting demonstrated in microgravity
Drop tower experiments show how future oxygen-generating systems could work in space
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ResearchMost complex reaction ever triggered by atomic manipulation makes molecular wire
Construction helps shed new light on mechanism of century-old reaction
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ResearchCatalyst converts methane to methanol at room temperature
Iron-studded graphene offers noble metal free route to important chemical feedstock
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Research2D materials made in MOF factory
Polymerisation process for making phosphorus nanosheets could become model strategy for other 2D materials
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ResearchFour step route to carbotricycles
Elegant strategy that directly assembles 5–8–5 scaffolds from simple precursors paves way to a new library of bioactive compounds
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ResearchConfined reaction speeds up water formation
Trapping hydrogen and oxygen on a catalytic surface lowers the activation energy of the reaction between them
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ResearchErrors in continuum solvent models unravelled at last
Study reveals when, and how, continuum solvent methods fail in computational studies of solvent-phase reaction mechanisms and provide an alternative solvent modelling strategy
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ResearchCarbon dioxide recycling on the ball
Cocatalysts on the outside and inside of hollow spheres trigger photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction to syngas