University of Saskatchewan researchers have discovered the chemical pathway that Cannabis sativa uses to create bioactive compounds called cannabinoids, paving the way for the development of marijuana varieties to produce ...
Biochemistry
Jul 16, 2012
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Using impure CO2 from car exhaust, the team of Prof. Dr. Shoubik Das, Chair of Organic Chemistry I at the University of Bayreuth, presents a cost-effective synthetic route for γ-lactams. γ-Lactam is an organic chemical ...
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 27, 2023
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In the past two decades, the carbon-nitrogen bond forming reaction, known as the Buchwald-Hartwig reaction, has become one of the most widely used tools in organic synthesis, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry given ...
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 4, 2023
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Chemists led by Thomas Magauer at the University of Innsbruck succeeded in synthesizing the natural product waixenicin A for the first time. This molecule is found in soft corals and is of great interest to the pharmaceutical ...
Biochemistry
May 17, 2023
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The chemical industry faces the challenge of replacing fossil-based building blocks with green alternatives. Biomass is an interesting source of carbon-based molecules. It is also underused because some 25 percent of all ...
Biochemistry
Nov 29, 2022
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In the past few years, researchers have turned increasingly to data science techniques to aid problem-solving in organic synthesis.
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 5, 2021
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Palladium catalysts help synthesize key chemicals for many industries. However, direct reaction of two basic reagents, aryl halides and alkyllithium compounds, remains a challenge. Now, a team of scientists have found that ...
Materials Science
Oct 9, 2020
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DNA has a lot of handy uses. It stores the blueprint of genetic code. It helps usher along the evolution of species.
Materials Science
Jun 24, 2020
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Yale University scientists have developed a novel chemical process that may lead to the creation of a new class of antibiotics.
Biochemistry
Jun 1, 2017
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420
The Y chromosomes of cattle have more genes and are more active than the Y chromosomes of other primates, according to researchers.
Biotechnology
Jul 11, 2013
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