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Research
Small ring insertion expands structural editing toolbox
Bicyclic ring system made by adding a bicyclobutane into a thiophene
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Atomic force microscopy probes mechanochemical kinetics
Exerting force in one direction increases Diels–Alder reactants’ sensitivity to pressure 1000 times
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Click chemistry with sound-induced mechanocatalysis
Researcher behind work says they ‘could be very close to a perfect way to conduct green chemistry’
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Mechanochemistry makes gold salts that are soluble in organic solvents
No need for aqua regia, chlorine or mercury in this gold processing method
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Charge-transfer interactions during C–H activation directly observed
New insights could guide the design of better catalysts
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Opinion
Margaret Faul: ‘Stand for what you think is right’
The pharmaceutical executive on why chemistry clicked for her, and life as a female organic chemist in the drug industry
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N-heterocyclic carbene ligands bulk up to better stabilise metal catalysts
New family of molecules has highest steric volume reported to date for N-aliphatic NHC ligands
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Opinion
Boosting cubane synthesis with photosensitizers
Leaping to a greener approach for cubane synthesis
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Webinar
Poisonous tales with author Hilary Hamnett
Hear from author Hilary Hamnett about her new book Poisonous tales: a forensic examination of poisons in fiction
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Benzene’s forgotten isomer takes centre stage in organic synthesis
1,2,3-cyclohexatriene proves to be an unexpected hit as a reagent in a wide range of reactions
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Electrophotocatalysis widens the scope of carbonyl olefination
New approach avoids the strong bases associated with the Wittig reaction, supporting a wider range of starting materials
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Opinion
Organic chemists should place their trust in machine learning’s black box
Submitting to the higher power of abstraction can strengthen our insights
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Feature
The messy chemistry that led to life
To understand how chemistry became biology, some chemists are eschewing simple reactions to study complex systems with many reactants and products. Rachel Brazil peers through the tangle
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Research
Boron-doped olympicenes are surprisingly stable
By possessing useful electronic properties, boraolympicenes could have potential applications in organic electronics
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Skeletal editing provides a simple route to access isoquinolines
Direct nitrogen atom insertion into a broad range of indenes and cyclopentadienes
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Editing the structure of molecules
Nina Notman meets the chemists expanding the toolbox of reactions capable of adding, deleting and switching single atoms in rings at the heart of organic molecules
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Research
‘Dynamic bonds’ reshape the rules of aromaticity and chirality
Discoveries could contribute to new understanding of organic chemistry, triggering applications in catalysis and materials science
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Harvesting water from the air with organic crystals
Discovery could lead to novel technologies for fighting water scarcity
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Water works as medium for reactions that reduce carboxylic acids
Catalytic system works on a wide range of acid substrates and doesn’t require precious metals or air and moisture intolerant reagents