Reaction mechanisms – Page 6
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ResearchSuper-reducing solvated electrons made with an LED
Laser-free method lowers the cost of producing hydrated electrons
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ResearchA light switch for chemical reactions
Different wavelengths of light can flip the route a reaction takes
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ResearchCalcium breaks ‘like repels like’ rule in benzene alkylation
Serendipitous discovery sees main-group metal topple textbook paradigm
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OpinionThe value of quantification
A skills gap is emerging in organic synthesis that needs to be closed
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ResearchReductive power of hydrated electrons unleashed with green lasers
New technique produces solvated electrons with a visible-light responsive photocatalyst
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FeaturePhotoredox: charge of the LED brigade
Forget fluorescent light bulbs, photochemistry has become a lot more sophisticated
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OpinionNickel catalyst couples alcohols and carbon dioxide
Flexibility and low cost make nickel a firm favourite in catalysis
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ResearchFullerene nanoflask captures reactivity of atomic nitrogen
‘Molecular surgery’ transforms fullerenes into nano-scale flasks
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BusinessMerck KGaA to buy Chematica
Retrosynthesis tool will gain computational muscle and integrate with Sigma–Aldrich catalogue
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ResearchMolecular suit provides basic protection
A removable macrocyclic suit can protect a small cation from strong bases
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ResearchCloudy with a chance of catalysis
Simulation of hydrogen bond interactions gives valuable new insights into how acid rain forms
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ResearchSulfur linkage takes click chemistry in a different direction
Thionyl tetrafluoride-based ‘sleeping beauties’ enable click chemistry in a tetrahedral shape
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OpinionFunctionalising pyridines with phosphonium salts
Newly-independent research groups often bring new perspectives to synthesis
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ResearchExotic antimatter used to probe molecule's reactivity
Muonium spectroscopy can reveal photochemical reactivity and dynamics of specific carbons within an organic molecule
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ResearchClick-on, click-off linkages join biochemical toolkit
Click chemistry reaction can be reversed ‘without a trace’
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ResearchTamed sodium in water comes out of the blue
Controlled conditions prevent alkali metal in water exploding letting researchers film and examine reaction with new eyes
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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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ResearchElusive Suzuki intermediates finally captured
Backing for model that ‘jumped straight into textbooks’ without any experimental evidence
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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