Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a boron-catalyzed method to transform oxetanes, ...

The synthesis of complex molecules such as drugs requires a process that sometimes involves several phases that increase its cost and harden access to the product. Now, a team of the UB has designed a ...

Constructing complex chemicals could one day be as easy as building an Ikea bookshelf, if a synthesis approach developed by chemists at the University of Glasgow catches on. Instead of relying on a ...

A schematic diagram of the generalized procedure for using a ball mill to perform organolithium reactions. Credit: WPI-ICReDD Organolithium compounds, molecules containing a carbon–lithium bond, are ...

In nature, molecules often show a strong preference for partnering with other molecules that share the same chirality or handedness. A behavior that is quite evident in the phenomenon known as ...

Researchers used a light-driven molecular motor to wind two molecular strands into an interlocked ring structure called a catenane, without forming chemical bonds. (Nanowerk News) Threads or ropes can ...

Bullvalene is a restless molecule. Its bonds ebb and flow in a perpetual series of rearrangements, so that each of its 10 carbon atoms endlessly swaps places with the others. The bizarre consequence ...

Chemical syntheses in liquids and gases take place in three-dimensional space. Random collisions between molecules have to result in something new in an extremely short time. But there is another way: ...

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During the past decade, there has been significant development of new sulfur containing compounds that are used in various industries, including pharmaceuticals and agricultural products. Sulfoximines ...