Search results for intermediate compounds

Biochemistry May 16, 2024

Breaking bonds to form bonds: New chemical reaction with potential applications in medicinal chemistry

A team of chemists from the University of Vienna, led by Nuno Maulide, has achieved a significant breakthrough in the field of chemical synthesis, developing a novel method for manipulating carbon-hydrogen bonds. This discovery ...

Analytical Chemistry May 15, 2024

A novel multifunctional catalyst turns methane into valuable hydrocarbons

Methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming, is also an important source of energy and an essential chemical resource. When used as a chemical feedstock, methane is typically converted into ...

Analytical Chemistry May 14, 2024

Exploring interface phenomena for more durable and effective nickel–tungsten alloys

Alloying is a key process in creating new materials. By combining metals with desirable traits, scientists can produce alloys with suitable properties. For example, stainless steel, formed by combining iron with chromium, ...

Cell & Microbiology May 8, 2024

An adjuvant made in yeast could lower vaccine cost and boost availability

Vaccines save lives, as proven during the recent pandemic, but one component of most vaccines—including the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine—goes unheralded: a molecule or other compound that primes the immune system to mount ...

Analytical Chemistry Apr 26, 2024

One-pot strategy to simultaneously achieve heterodehydrocoupling of hydrostannane and reduction of quinoline

Heteroatom tin compounds (SSn, OSn, NSn, PSn) composed of heteroatoms S, O, N, P and tin atoms have attracted intense attention due to their wide applications in organic synthesis and pharmaceutical fields. The current methods ...

Analytical Chemistry Apr 16, 2024

New benzofuran synthesis method enables complex molecule creation

In the field of organic chemistry, scientists are always looking out for new types of reactions to unlock synthesis routes for challenging compounds. Most of the progress that we have witnessed in pharmaceutics and agrochemicals ...

Evolution Apr 16, 2024

New study sheds light on the structure and evolution of an enzyme in psychoactive fungi

An international research team has investigated the biosynthesis of psilocybin, the main ingredient of hallucinogenic mushrooms. They gained new insights into the structure and reaction mechanism of the enzyme PsiM. It plays ...

Nanomaterials Apr 3, 2024

Novel fabrication technique takes transition metal telluride nanosheets from lab to mass production

Transition metal telluride nanosheets have shown enormous promise for fundamental research and other applications across a rainbow of different fields, but until now, mass fabrication has been impossible, leaving the material ...

Analytical Chemistry Mar 29, 2024

A catalyst for converting carbon dioxide, the main cause of global warming, into ethylene using vitamin C

A joint research team has developed a new electrochemical catalyst that promotes the conversion from carbon dioxide (CO2) to ethylene (C2H4).

Cell & Microbiology Mar 29, 2024

Constructing 'on-gel' alveolar organoids as a new screening platform

A study led by Professor Shimpei Gotoh (Department of Clinical Application), introduces a new culturing method to generate alveolar organoids suitable for medium- and high-throughput screening and identified several chemicals ...

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