Industrial chemistry – Page 7
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OpinionMake room for randomness in drug development
Setting free the dark horses sometimes beats the most rational planning
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OpinionWhat's holding back continuous manufacturing?
Despite manay advantages, the move to flow chemistry in fine and speciality chemicals is slow
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ResearchLilly pushes continuous drug production limits
Integrated flow synthesis and purification process for prexasertib meets high industry standards
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BusinessMerck KGaA to buy Chematica
Retrosynthesis tool will gain computational muscle and integrate with Sigma–Aldrich catalogue
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OpinionCrystal clear
The dark craft of crystallisation is an essential skill when working on kilogram scale
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FeatureThe flow revolution
Continuous approaches are starting to find use in fine chemicals, as Angeli Mehta discovers
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ResearchTamed radicals expand chemical space
A method to functionalise complex molecules with catalytic radicals could expand chemical libraries of the drug and agrochemical industry
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ResearchZeolite catalysts tailored to specific chemical reactions
Molecules that mimic shapes of transition states of important industrial reactions help to build better catalysts
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OpinionIn search of solvation
Process chemistry opens up a whole new world when it comes to solvent choice
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OpinionStill boiling after all these years
If you’ve got the facilities, distillation can be a powerful plant technique
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ResearchRing-locking holds the key to levoglucosan production
Functionalising sugars could help to unlock the potential of biomass in chemical synthesis
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ResearchMembrane reactor turns methane into aromatics
Catalytic technology could turn untapped hydrocarbons into valuable chemical feedstocks
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PodcastMethyl isocyanate
The 1984 accident at Bhopal, India, was the worst in the history of industrial chemistry. It involved a leak of methyl isocyanate
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CareersMarine paint innovation
Nina Notman visits the AkzoNobel site in Gateshead and meets the scientists designing the next generation of environmentally-friendly marine paints
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FeaturePotash on a megascale
A new mine could produce up to 20 million tonnes of potash each year and provide 1000 jobs – but it’s in a national park. Michael Freemantle reports
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ResearchMolten salts put carbon dioxide to work
Scientists discover a simple way to form carbon–carbon bonds from carbon dioxide without using synthetic or biological catalysts
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ResearchNew process draws poison from nitrile production
Nickel and aluminium catalysts obviate need for explosive and toxic hydrogen cyanide used to make important precursors for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and agrochemicals
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ResearchIncredibly rare and unstable mineral shows catalytic clout
Georgeite shows promise as a catalyst precursor for the synthesis of methanol