Borane Trick Cracks Stubborn Aziridines Open for Cleaner Drug Building
Chemists have developed a borane-activated radical strategy that opens unactivated N-alkyl aziridines regioselectively and funnels them into copper- and nickel-catalysed ...
Tag: organic synthesis
Chemists Build a Molecular Sorting Machine to Forge Chiral Amino Alcohols from Simple Feedstocks
A palladium-catalysed nucleophile-sorting strategy enables the one-pot, enantioselective assembly of chiral 1,2-amino alcohols from unprotected amines and alcohols.
Electricity Meets Boron: Chemists Forge Elusive Carbon-Carbon Bonds from Simple Acids
Northwestern University chemists have developed an electrochemical strategy that directly couples two fleeting carbon-centred radicals from abundant carboxylic acids and ...
From Coal Tar to OLEDs: The Named Reactions That Build Carbazole
A comprehensive review maps the classical and modern named reactions used to construct the carbazole scaffold, revealing how a single ...
Carbon Nitride Nanomaterials Emerge as Versatile Catalysts for Green Chemistry
A new edited volume surveys how graphitic carbon nitride and its engineered derivatives are advancing catalysis across organic synthesis, photocatalysis, ...
Light and Electricity Join Forces to Forge Carbon-Carbon Bonds from Everyday Chemicals
Chemists at Harbin Institute of Technology have developed a photoelectrochemical method that joins saturated carbon atoms directly from carboxylic acids, ...
Electricity Powers a Greener Route to Deuterium-Labeled Antioxidant Molecules
Chemists have developed an electrochemical three-component cascade that installs trideuteromethylthio groups onto enaminones, yielding compounds that can protect cells from ...
Selectivity Achieved Despite Indiscriminate Photoreduction in New Study
Superselective bond formation in organic synthesis is often ruled by single-electron transfer (SET) chemistry: the substrate with the more favorable ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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