Organic chemistry – Page 14
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ResearchSulfonated macrocycle helps the medicine go down
A supramolecular approach makes alkaloid drugs taste less bitter
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ResearchAtom-swapping reaction sequence turns cyclic diarylmethanes into diarylethers
Strategy that stitches three different reactions together could be useful for making pharmaceutical intermediates
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OpinionA century of curly arrows
Celebrating the simple symbols that – along with their straight counterparts – encapsulate complex chemical behaviours
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ResearchCurie temperature high makes organic ferroelectric pair stand out
Homochiral organic ferroelectrics get set to upgrade smart and medical devices
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OpinionA transition metal handyman
Using nickel templating to promote a large molecule for organic electronics
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ResearchEngineered enzyme speeds up sedate organic reaction
Biochemical optimisation applied to the Morita–Hillman–Baylis reaction
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FeatureWiring up organic synthesis
James Mitchell Crow talks to the organic chemists using electrochemistry to add or remove electrons to their molecules at the flick of a switch
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Research40-year-old mystery of why some molecules break all cyclisation rules has been solved
Molecules that blatantly violate Woodward–Hoffmann rules could lead to general theory of cyclisation in polar compounds
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NewsChemistry Nobel laureate Robert Grubbs dies at 79
US chemist shared 2005 prize for his role in developing the metathesis method in organic synthesis
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NewsThe curious incident of the catalytic amine that never was
A series of unfortunate events and a missed control experiment meant palladium sneaked its way into a supposedly amine-catalysed reaction
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ResearchDiels-Alder reaction directly observed under the microscope
Simple ring-forming reaction followed on a surface for the first time using scanning probe microscopy
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ResearchDoubly negative dianions can form π hole bonds too
Researchers report an attractive interaction between two doubly negative dianions for the first time
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ResearchRecord-breaking hexagon made out of fused aromatic rings
90 rings form the largest structure of its kind ever made
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ResearchDearomatisation, but without nasty reagents
New Birch reduction protocol creates solvated electrons without the dangerous combination of liquid ammonia and alkali metal
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ResearchAre organic chemists discovering fewer reactions than they were decades ago?
Analysis of millions of transformations reveals reliance on popular methods – and the rise of complex reactions
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ResearchPlasma-based approach leads to more reactive oxygen donors for alkene epoxidation
Yield of epoxidation reaction increased, and waste reduced, by using CO2-derived atomic oxygen and plasma-based conditions
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OpinionTaking the right inspiration from nature
Scientists need to be selective about their sources of inspiration
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ResearchClippanes join rotaxanes and catenanes in mechanically interlocked molecule family
Keck-clip molecules consist of two entangled gold–carbene metallotweezers