News tagged with aromatic compound

Rare-earth half-sandwiches prove rewarding

The chemical frameworks of ’natural products’—molecules generated by biological organisms—have inspired many of today’s most potent pharmaceuticals. But the complexity of these compounds ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

How tropolones synthesized in fungi: 70-year-old chemical mystery solved

Chemists and biologists from the University of Bristol have finally cracked one of the longest standing chemical mysteries. In a paper published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team demons ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chemists devise better way to prepare workhorse molecules

In chemistry, so-called aromatic molecules compose a large and versatile family of chemical compounds that are the stuff of pharmaceuticals, electronic materials and consumer products ranging from sunscreen to plastic soda ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Texas Tech's Fibertect Absorbent Can Clean Gulf Oil Spill’s Crude, Hold Toxic Oil and Mustard Vapors

(PhysOrg.com) -- As workers battle the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and officials attempt to decontaminate a clam boat that dredged up old munitions containing mustard gas, a Texas Tech University researcher said his product ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study confirms untold levels of oil sands pollution on the Athabasca

After an exhaustive study of air and water pollution along the Athabasca River and its tributaries from Fort McMurray to Lake Athabasca, researchers say pollution levels have increased as a direct result of nearby oil sands ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

A new way to prepare fluorinated pharmaceuticals

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of MIT chemists has devised a new way to add fluorine to a variety of compounds used in many drugs and agricultural chemicals, an advance that could offer more flexibility and potential cost-savings ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Researchers looking at light-induced toxins in air and water

Is the air we breathe on a daily basis slowly killing us? It may not be that severe, but the air we breathe and water we drink may be more harmful than we realize.

Chemistry /

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0