Organic chemistry – Page 43
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ResearchFirst detection of chiral molecule in space
Radio telescope detects propylene oxide in a star-forming region of outer space
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ResearchMirror-image trick yields real hits from a virtual chemical library
Scientists use mirror-image protein to identify potential new drugs from a previously unexplored library of natural product enantiomers
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ResearchMolecular motors start chemically-fuelled journey
Interlinked rings emulate how motor proteins work naturally in cells, while palladium catalysts corkscrew smaller molecules
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ResearchSecrets shown in a good light
UV light reads and writes invisible messages on modified paper
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FeatureSwitching mindsets
The promise of molecules that photoswitch is increasingly rich, especially in biomedical applications, Andy Extance finds
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ResearchChemical synthesis injects new life into old antibiotics
Approach can construct wide range of new antibiotic candidates from simple chemical building blocks
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ResearchDesigner rhodium catalyst targets selected C–H bonds
Catalyst’s carbene pocket shows a preference for specific links without needing a directing group
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ResearchAFM study could prompt surface catalysis rethink
Intermediates predicted by theory don’t match those seen under the microscope
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ResearchActive esters enable powerful new route to carbon–carbon bonds
‘Insanely easy’ approach to form previously tricky sp3–sp3 bonds already being used by pharma just three months after discovery
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ResearchElusive Suzuki intermediates finally captured
Backing for model that ‘jumped straight into textbooks’ without any experimental evidence
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ResearchRibosome mimic assembles made to order molecules
DNA machine can be programmed to produce a wide range of polymers and even keeps a record of each one it makes
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ResearchCaging chemical weapons
Supramolecular cubes trap and flag nerve agents using the hydrophobic effect
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ResearchA new twist on aromaticity
Researchers break record for benzene ring with the largest twist angle
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ResearchChemists hit a top synthetic target with pyramidal compounds
Non-classical covalent pyramidanes surprise with high bonding ionicity
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OpinionDead in the water
A healthy sense of hydrophobia is a useful trait in the plant, says Chemjobber
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FeatureMolecular machines
Victoria Richards investigates the world of artificial molecular machines
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ResearchChemical reaction flipped back and forth under scanning probe microscope
Work demonstrated on Bergman cyclisation offers route to valuable new reactions
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OpinionScratching chiral surfaces
Heterogeneous asymmetric catalysis beyond hydrogenation is tricky, says Karl Collins