All Reactions and synthesis articles – Page 30
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ResearchSuperfluorinated peroxides surprise with stability
Fluorinated peroxides more stable than their non-fluorinated counterparts
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PodcastCacodyl
It made Robert Bunsen seriously ill, Michael Faraday thought it 'barbaric' to use in battle and even Fritz Haber – the 'father of chemical warfare' – abandoned it after a fatal accident in his lab. This week, Mike Freemantle tells the story of tetramethyldiarsine, otherwise known as cacodyl.
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ResearchCopper catalyst splits water at neutral pH
Metal porphyrin complex takes significant step towards cheap water oxidation catalysts
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ResearchDroplets retain crystal-like structure while sliding on vertical substrate
Surprising properties of soft material may have significant impact on polymer physics
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ResearchScreening strategy pursues photocatalytic couplings for drug discovery
High-throughput screening and flow-based scale-up combo identifies chemistry needed to functionalise drug fragments and obtain useful amounts of product
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ResearchPatent-busting AI tool navigates around protected drug pathways
Organic retrosynthesis software can identify key bonds involved in patented reactions to find alternative pathways
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ResearchCrowdsourced drug discovery pits half-forgotten compounds against neglected diseases
45 research groups donate 350 compounds to the first crowdsourced screening library
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ResearchBenzene transformed into nanotubes with predictable defects
Synthesis delivers molecular cylinders that contain 240 sp2-carbon atoms
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ResearchLightning-inspired method makes ammonia with no catalyst
Plasma-enabled electrolysis produces the vital gas in high purity – but also consumes much more energy than current methods
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ResearchEnzyme evolved that can perform reactions new to nature
New possibilities for organic synthesis with enzymatic C–H functionalisation
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ResearchBlood pressure drug reacts with membrane lipids
Lipidation products add to evidence that biological membranes are far from chemically inert
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OpinionChiral curiosities
The challenges posed by asymmetry go hand in hand with fascinating insights into developmental biology
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ResearchNew tools direct reactions at specific C–H bonds in organic molecules
Elegant catalysts offer quicker routes to complex compounds
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ResearchCatalytically, is copper the new gold?
Approach for depositing copper on silica support influences how easily it oxidises, and in turn the reactions it catalyses
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BusinessHow many papers do you read a week?
Everyone needs a strategy to keep up with the literature
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ResearchDispute over reaction prediction puts machine learning’s pitfalls in spotlight
Two research teams’ argument over a reaction-predicting algorithm show that there is still a lot to understand when applying machine learning to chemistry
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FeatureScience in microgravity
How does gravity affect chemistry and biology? More than you might think – and you don’t have to visit space to find out, as Rachel Brazil discovers
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ResearchFoam catalyst performs hydrogen evolution in neutral conditions
Structure decouples water dissociation and hydrogen evolution processes
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ResearchLight catalyst breaks mirror symmetry in first reverse racemisation
Transformation makes single mirror image molecules in a ‘completely different way of doing enantioselective chemistry’