Organic chemistry – Page 46
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Research‘Assembly line’ sculpts carbon chains
Precise addition of methyl group-bearing links is set to improve molecular shape control
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PodcastChemistry World podcast - September 2014
We speak to Paul Clarke about the challenges of natural product synthesis and discuss the pros and cons of perovskite solar cells
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FeatureUnpicking natural product synthesis
Is total synthesis in danger of a decline? Nina Notman investigates
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OpinionTrekking across chemical frontiers
You can’t shake a 1000 gallon reactor, says Chemjobber, so plant-scale hydrogenation is a challenge of phase boundaries
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OpinionDeath of a reagent
Fashion and progress combine to mean some reactions and reagents persist, while others fall by the wayside, says Derek Lowe
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ResearchPhotoredox route to medically-important heterocycles
Iridium photocatalyst drives α-heteroarylation of tertiary amines
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OpinionPsylloborine A
Late stage dimerisation is a tantalisingly elegant but risky strategy for total synthesis, says BRSM
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PodcastIsoamyl acetate
It makes a sweet banana-flavoured treat, but can ruin home brewed beer; Jenna Bilbrey introduces isoamyl acetate
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OpinionThe crystal ball that can tell lies
X-ray structures are not necessarily definitive, says Derek Lowe, especially when it comes to biomolecules
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FeatureDetecting chirality
Katia Moskvitch finds out about the latest techniques to determining a molecule’s chirality
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OpinionShow the way but leave no trace
Karl Collins examines a stealthy strategy for directed C–H activation
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ResearchCarbon–carbon couplings go 3D
Reaction extends 2010 Nobel prize winning Suzuki coupling and can be used to modify natural products
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OpinionHow good do you want it?
Quality analysis is a very different ball game to a simple reaction check, says Chemjobber
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PodcastNaphthalene
Once a fusty way of keeping moths out of clothes, Brian Clegg explains how naphthalene may have helped bring life to Earth
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OpinionMandelalide A
New reactions need to belong in a synthesis, says BRSM, not be forced in for show