In the search for cheaper, greener alternatives to routinely used precious metal catalysts like palladium, nickel has become an increasingly popular choice in the last two decades for organic chemists assembling fragments ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 21, 2023
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The virus responsible for E. coli infection has a secret weapon: teamwork.
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 21, 2023
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Scientists are constantly exploring new ways to design novel functional materials with tunable electronic properties. One promising area of research on this front is the use of π-electronic systems (systems in which the ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 7, 2023
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A cross-disciplinary University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) team has demonstrated a major breakthrough in using automated synthesis to discover new molecules for organic electronics applications.
Analytical Chemistry
May 2, 2022
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NUS chemists have conceived a new strategy to synthesize medicinally important C-alkyl and C-alkenyl glycosides through a titanium-catalyzed reductive transformation process that reacts readily with glycosyl chlorides and ...
Biochemistry
Oct 14, 2021
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Recent study on synthetic approaches toward polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) such as graphene with a well-defined structure have attracted much attention. A research group at Ehime University has been studying the ...
Materials Science
Apr 23, 2021
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Scientists at the University of Notre Dame will begin an independent study of turnout gear worn by firefighters after initial samples tested positive for fluorine.
Other
Sep 25, 2018
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Gasoline, lubricants, and consumer products are improved by chemical additives. Making additives often involves a chemical reaction known as alkylation, the addition of a carbon chain to existing molecules. Chemists know ...
Materials Science
Mar 5, 2018
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EPFL chemists have developed a novel and efficient method to make amines, which are among the most important structural compounds in pharmaceuticals and organic materials. The study is published in Nature Catalysis.
Materials Science
Feb 8, 2018
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A highly toxic water pollutant, known as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), last year caused a number of U.S. communities to close their drinking water supplies. Because of its historical use in Teflon production and other industrial ...
Environment
Jun 8, 2017
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