All Reactions and synthesis articles
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Super-fast automated synthesis promises to make chemistry accessible to many more
Order of magnitude improvement in speed result of technology optimisation
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Electrochemical acid–base reactions can be fine tuned to control reactivity
Two new parameters can offer tunability to a wide range of electrochemical reactions
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Molecular crystal motors completely powered by light
Chemists in Saudi Arabia and the US have created tiny machines made from crystallised molecules that continuously move when exposed to light
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Boron cluster family breaks electron counting rules
Rare structures have unusual deltahedral shapes
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Machine learning could ‘change the paradigm’ for polaritonic chemistry
Model reveals influence of vibrational strong coupling during light-driven reaction
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Iron salts catalyse the creation of carbenes for cyclopropanation
A new strategy to synthesise non-stabilised carbenes gives access to cyclopropanes with potential in drug discovery
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Unusual bridging fluorine discovered in one-of-a-kind interhalogen ion
Similarity to MgAgAs crystal structure takes researchers by surprise
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Regioselective nitrogen-insertion reaction is latest addition to skeletal editing toolbox
Protocol transforms arenols into benzazepines
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Riding the microwave: three chemists share their stories
Disagreements surrounding non-thermal effects didn’t stop microwave reactors becoming a standard part of laboratory life
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Steroid separation made easy with photoswitchable coordination cage
Light-activated coordination cage purifies progesterone
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E. coli rewired to shift carbon flow towards C4 chemicals
Bioengineering strategy creates evolutionary advantage linking cell growth with product formation
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Ion-beam experiments probe fundamentals of hydronium–hydroxide neutralisation
Researchers uncover new insights into one of chemistry’s most fundamental equilibrium reactions
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Editing polymer backbones
Changing the chemical makeup of a polymer backbone could revolutionise how we make, use and even recycle plastics. James Mitchell Crow reports
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Photochemistry converts dry-cleaning solvent waste into useful chemicals
One-pot reaction offers way to upcycle industrial solvent waste
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New analysis raises doubts over autonomous lab’s materials ‘discoveries’
Experimental and computational issues flagged as researchers conclude that a fully automated lab failed to make new materials
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Explainer: What are water microdroplets and why are chemists talking about them?
Researchers are struggling to agree on the underlying reasons for accelerated rates and altered reaction mechanisms in water microdroplets. Here’s what we do know and where open questions lie…
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Water microdroplet chemistry is contentious, here’s why
Are water microdroplets chemical dynamos or are their apparent effects experimental artefacts? Rebecca Trager investigates
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First GPT-4-powered AI lab assistant independently directs key organic reactions
Large language model takes control after being prompted to do Suzuki and Sonogashira couplings