Reaction mechanisms – Page 4
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Research
Prozac and methamphetamine likely responsible for toxins in tap water
Antidepressant and stimulant amine drugs are potential precursors for some of the most toxic compounds formed during water disinfection
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Opinion
Exploring nickel reactivity in C–H activation chemistry
Coming closer to an alternative for palladium
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Light intensity changes can switch photocatalyst between one- and two-photon mechanisms
Simple optical lens behind strategy for manipulating photochemical reactivity
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Opinion
Stille cross-coupling
Palladium and tin combined to lay the foundations for a revolution in C–C bond-forming reactions
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Research
Human biases cause problems for machines trying to learn chemistry
Including ‘unpopular’ reagents and reaction conditions into datasets could lead to better machine-learning models
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Catalyst cleans up alcohol couplings
Eight years’ work yields Mitsunobu chemistry with nothing but water as a byproduct
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Push–pull radical theory finally vindicated after decades of back and forth
Solvent effect proves that captodative effect really exists after all
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Electric field flicks switch for bond breaking reaction
Proof that electrostatics can selectively power up one reaction in a multistep process
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Quantum mechanical mechanism behind 100-year-old textbook reaction revealed
Study challenges established understanding of Michael addition as it uncovers Pauli repulsion’s key role in halogen catalysis
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News
International Space Station experiments will search for key to soot-free flames
Microgravity research could help to burn fuels more cleanly and cut soot’s contribution to ill health and climate change
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Research
Surprising radical mechanisms of antioxidant polysulfides
Tetrasulfide prevents oxidation of petroleum products through radical reactions
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The five reactions on every organic chemist’s wish list
Synthesis has some catching-up to do to create the reactions every drug discovery chemist dreams of
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Research
Walking radicals relocate double bonds
Nickel-guided radicals walk along carbon chains to make E-alkenes from terminal alkenes
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Patent-busting AI tool navigates around protected drug pathways
Organic retrosynthesis software can identify key bonds involved in patented reactions to find alternative pathways