All Reactions and synthesis articles – Page 14
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ResearchMetal sandwich stabilises first benzene triplet-state aromatic
Benzene diradical dianion is the first monocyclic molecule that’s Baird aromatic in the ground state
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ResearchTransient spectroscopy sheds light on elusive photoredox process
Study confirms mechanism of sensitisation-initiated electron transfer reaction following extended debate
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ResearchElectrocatalysis offers green alternative for ethylene purification
Copper catalysts enable selective and efficient acetylene reduction at ambient conditions
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ResearchMolecular light switch speeds up tricky cyclodextrin synthesis
Reaction could lower cost of useful macrocycle
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ResearchAluminium compound deconstructs sulfur hexafluoride in minutes
Method turns potent greenhouse gas into useful synthetic reagents
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ResearchChemists control reaction path with mechanical force
Mechanochemical mechanism exploited to access unconventional trajectories on a reaction’s potential energy surface
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ResearchGlass catalysis screening study prompts reactionware rethink
Base-catalysed reactions are up to 1000 times faster in the presence of glass
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ResearchOrigin of mysterious alpha effect in nucleophilic substitution reactions unveiled
Alpha nucleophiles’ ability to get close to electrophiles – rather than their intramolecular lone pair repulsion – gives them unusual reactivity
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ResearchFrom nerve agent simulant, to pharma ingredient
Portable microreactor offers a new way to dispose of paraoxon
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ResearchFun with f-elements
Working with lanthanides and actinides may be challenging, but David Mills says the field is ripe for discovery
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ResearchSortase A strategy could see ribosomal products reach further across chemical space
Compound libraries set to benefit from process that harnesses promiscuity of post-translation enzymes
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ResearchNanomaterial stores radicals to power photopolymerisation in the dark
Reaction driven by long-lived radicals experiences fewer side reactions than photopolymerisation under light irradiation
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NewsChemistry Nobel laureate Ei-ichi Negishi dies at 85
Discoverer of the Negishi coupling, who did synthetic organic chemistry research at Purdue for four decades, has passed away
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ResearchGenetically engineered microbes convert waste plastic into vanillin
Plastic bottle becomes industrially useful product thanks to biosynthetic transformation
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ResearchSynthetic overhaul for hepatitis C drug could ease manufacturing demands
Chemists hope their five-step synthesis will increase global accessibility of uprifosbuvir and other lifesaving antivirals
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ResearchIodine revealed to be killer species that destroys tin-based perovskites
New insights into the mechanism that inactivates tin solar cells could lead to greener, more efficient devices
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ResearchBlue light triggers ‘unprecedented’ reaction in old catalyst
Traditional iridium intermediate switches from allylic substitution to cross coupling when exposed to blue light
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OpinionFree radicals for post-translational modification
A technique for forming new carbon–carbon bonds at specific sites in proteins
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ResearchReaction confined between copper nanopyramids transforms carbon dioxide into ethylene glycol
Copper arrangement promotes C–C coupling and lowers formation barrier for a key intermediate