All Reactions and synthesis articles – Page 45
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Ring-locking holds the key to levoglucosan production
Functionalising sugars could help to unlock the potential of biomass in chemical synthesis
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Flow chemistry for on-demand chlorine
Simple and safe setup produces elemental chlorine when and where it’s needed
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Home synthesis is here – we must guide it
On-demand chemistry raises as many questions as it answers
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Tamed 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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Activating C–Hemistry
Meet the organic chemists intent on breaking bonds that are generally considered to be unreactive
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Amine behind mask hides its reactivity
Chemists mask amines’ unwanted reactivity with carbon dioxide and overcome limitations of amide formation
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Membrane reactor turns methane into aromatics
Catalytic technology could turn untapped hydrocarbons into valuable chemical feedstocks
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News
Software could revolutionise chemistry
Computer program can tell chemists how to make new molecules from scratch
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Opinion
6-epi-Ophiobolin N
When it comes to cascade reactions, radicals are king of the ring-formers
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Super quick synthesis in Leidenfrost lab
Chemical reactions can proceed an order of magnitude faster in hot, skittering droplets
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Arduous natural product quest's unwelcome end
Thousands of experiments help find conditions to make (–)-maoecrystal V
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Molecules built from supersized atoms
Superatomic structures could find applications in catalysis, energy conversion and storage
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HPLC-free synthesis slashes protein production time
Tagging system may make building biologically relevant proteins faster, cheaper and greener
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Turbocharged synthesis makes antiviral Tamiflu in an hour
Production process showcases how organocatalysis can combine reactions in a single pot
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Opinion
Lighting up crowded corners
Combining photocatalysis with organocatalysis opens doors to chiral quaternary centres
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Opinion
Crossing the boundaries
Getting reagents across interfaces requires help from phase-transfer catalysts – but transferring information is harder
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Chemical synthesis injects new life into old antibiotics
Approach can construct wide range of new antibiotic candidates from simple chemical building blocks
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Explosive water display caught on film
SLAC produces first slow motion video of droplets exploding in path of x-ray laser
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Crawling chemical system acts as if it’s alive
Intriguing globule that moves, eats and defecates