(Phys.org)—Researchers report the discovery of a cobalt-ligand catalyst system that serves as a homogeneous catalyst for the hydrogenation of esters and carboxylic acids to alcohols. Ties J. Korstanje, Jarl Ivar van der ...
Medicines come from chemical reactions, and better chemical reactions lead to better medicines.
Biochemistry
Oct 29, 2021
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Because carbon dioxide (CO2) gas is a freely available resource, there are concerted efforts worldwide to convert this molecule into a chemical feedstock. Zhaomin Hou and colleagues from the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute ...
Materials Science
Jan 25, 2013
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Polyamides are present in many different products, such as ropes for mountaineering, parachutes of nylon, and materials for 3D printing. Dicarboxylic acids are used as chemical building blocks for these polyamides. However, ...
Polymers
Aug 28, 2023
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In all the centuries that humans have studied chemical reactions, just 36 basic types of reactions have been found. Now, thanks to the work of researchers at MIT and the University of Minnesota, a 37th type of reaction can ...
Materials Science
Sep 4, 2013
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Spanish and French astrophysicists have identified a band in the infrared range that serves to track the presence of organic material rich in oxygen and nitrogen in the interstellar dust grains. Should any telescope detect ...
Astronomy
Mar 26, 2009
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Bacteria found in soil may harbor a potential game-changer for drug design. A new study by Scripps Research, published today in Nature Communications, suggests scientists could build better drugs by learning from bacteria-derived ...
Biochemistry
Jun 18, 2018
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The concept of converting renewable raw materials so cleverly that the same process simultaneously produces both energy and industrially desirable chemicals has been high on the wish-list for those who seek ...
Materials Science
Sep 24, 2010
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Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have devised a new molecule-building method that is likely to have a major impact on the pharmaceutical industry and many other chemistry-based enterprises.
Materials Science
Apr 21, 2016
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University of Toronto scientists have found that chemicals used to line junk food wrappers and microwave popcorn bags are migrating into food and being ingested by people where they are contributing to chemical contamination ...
Environment
Nov 8, 2010
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