Sally Bloodworth

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Negishi’s reagent
2020-07-03T08:30:00
Looking past palladium to an elegant view of zirconium
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Nazarov cyclisation
2020-05-14T08:33:00
We are all shaped by the opportunities afforded us, by the social structures and politics of our day
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Friedel–Crafts reaction
2020-02-20T15:00:00
The coupling reactions developed by two lifelong friends
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Hammett equation
2020-01-14T09:27:00
Introducing the power to predict how structure affects reactivity
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Paternò–Büchi reaction
2019-11-12T14:13:00
A 45-year puzzle that started on a sunny Italian rooftop
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Stille cross-coupling
2019-09-30T08:51:00
Palladium and tin combined to lay the foundations for a revolution in C–C bond-forming reactions
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Thorpe–Ingold effect
2019-07-26T11:00:00
A flawed assertion that nevertheless proved useful in synthesis
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Diels–Alder reaction
2019-04-29T14:20:00
An unexpected addition that revealed a new class of reactions
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Norrish photolytic cleavage
2019-03-12T09:25:00
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Reformatskii reaction
2019-01-21T14:25:00
The survivor of a once-great empire of zinc chemistry
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Curtius rearrangement
2018-11-26T16:30:00
An explosive tale of serendipitous discovery
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Michael Addition
2018-09-04T09:30:00
The quarrel to claim one of organic chemistry’s most famous reactions
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What is the secret of Crudale Meadow?
2017-11-02T14:27:00
A damp patch of land in Orkney holds answers locked in time
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Now you're talking my language
2017-06-05T08:08:00
Disciplines all have their own unique terminology: how can we make ourselves understood?
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A cautionary tale
2016-12-21T11:16:00
History has shown us the dangers of self-testing