Reactions and synthesis – Page 31
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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
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ResearchThree negative charges crammed onto carbons in a single molecule
The first organic tricarbanion pushes the number of negative charges in one molecule to its limits
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ResearchWhite light emission on the molecular scale
Single-molecule system could simplify electronic displays
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ResearchDay–night temperature fluctuations power hydrogen evolution
Pyrocatalytic nanoparticles split water and produce hydrogen
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ResearchUnexpected appearance of water makes a big difference to supramolecules
Self-assembly subtly altered by trace amount of water in solvents
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Research'Trojan horse' artificial enzyme smuggles unnatural reactions into cells
New-to-nature chemistry in mammalian cells made possible by metalloenzyme system
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ResearchSpins doctor water’s reactivity
Ultracold experiments reveal water isomers have different reaction rates
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ResearchEnzyme helps photoredox get enantioselective
Enantioenriched amine synthesis is inaugural example of photoredox and enzyme collaboration
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ResearchRobots explore chemistry’s dark spaces
Thousands of nanoscale experiments create map of reactions that don’t work
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ResearchStudy confirms long-distance quantum tunnelling in thiourea
Validation for unusual proton-transfer process first observed 15 years ago
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ResearchSimplest supramolecular helix forms from diethylamine
Diethylamine is the smallest and simplest molecule that forms a supramolecular helix as its lowest energy aggregate
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ResearchTin–cobalt compound used as oligomerisation catalyst
First example of a four-coordinate tin radical made by photolysis of a metal–metal bond
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ResearchChemists tie molecular knot with record number of crossings
Interwoven structure with 16 crossings is the one of the most complex ever made
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ResearchNanospike electrodes offer cheap, clean route to ammonia
Nitrogen-doped carbon catalyst improves efficiency of nitrogen reduction process
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ResearchTransition metal catalyst helps produce sustainable hydrogen from urea
Wastewater purification combines with fuel generation
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ResearchPlasmon chemistry sheds new light on designing photocatalysts
Quasiparticle observed getting involved in dissociation reaction