Organic chemistry – Page 33
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PodcastTwistacenes
Kat Arney discovers the strange things that happen when organic compounds go round the twist
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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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ResearchPlasmon chemistry sheds new light on designing photocatalysts
Quasiparticle observed getting involved in dissociation reaction
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ResearchCatalytic nanomachine assembled by remote control
Chemical signalling drives eight-component system
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ResearchExchange of rings shows off molecular machine's clever trick
Small ring passing through a larger one is a fundamentally new motion for a rotaxane
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ResearchChallenging mirror molecules made with stereochemistry destroying reaction
Clever catalyst repurposes classic nucleophilic substitution to make chiral quaternary carbon centres
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Research‘Cyborg ribosome’ reads polystyrene message to create catalyst
A simplified artificial molecular machine with a useful catalyst product hints at the potential of synthetic systems
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ResearchFormaldehyde burst surprises reaction spectators
Surface plasmon resonance imaging reveals unexpected self-catalysis behaviour of formaldehyde on a platinum catalyst
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ResearchEngineered enzymes make super strained rings
Mutated haem proteins make light work of synthesising bicyclobutanes
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ResearchCoordination trick reinvents cobalt and nickel as carbon reduction catalysts
When it comes to reducing carbon dioxide, being well coordinated is a disadvantage
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ResearchSolving the crystal maze
Workflow swaps gut feelings for data when designing continuous crystallisation processes
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ResearchBizarre bimetallic compounds break C–F bonds
First ever molecular Mg–Al bond constructed in study that reveals main group metal–metal bonds can readily react with aromatic fluorine
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ResearchTitanium complex converts methane to alkenes at room temperature
New work illustrates the ‘crucial steps’ required for a process to make useful chemical feedstocks from methane
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ResearchLongest carbon–carbon bond yet pushes chemistry to its limits
Steric strain creates bond longer than theory thought possible
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ArticleIn conversation with Robert Grubbs, Nobel laureate
Following the recent acquisition of the world-leading Materia catalyst business by Umicore, we’ve been granted an exclusive interview with Robert Grubbs, chemistry Nobel laureate and co-founder of Materia.
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ResearchSimple synthesis makes curious chiral clamshell molecule
Compounds with two chiral axes hold promise for catalysis and even molecular machines