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Chemistry World January 6, 2013 Simon Hadlington |
Greener route to carboxylic acids Chemists in Israel have developed a new way to oxidize primary alcohols to carboxylic acids, using water as both the reaction solvent and the source of oxygen.  |
Chemistry World September 4, 2008 Fred Campbell |
Two catalysts better than one US researchers have cracked a long standing problem in chemical synthesis - the catalytic alpha-alkylation of aldehydes - by combining two catalysts in one pot.  |
Chemistry World April 25, 2010 Hayley Birch |
New strategy yields best ever catalyst for ammonia decomposition US researchers have developed a new strategy for predicting bimetallic catalysts.  |
Chemistry World October 21, 2012 Nina Notman |
Haber-Bosch power consumption slashed A new type of ruthenium catalyst could reduce the power consumption of ammonia production, claim Japanese scientists.  |
Chemistry World May 23, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Homing in on a cheaper Haber-Bosch process A cheaper alternative to the Haber-Bosch process could have moved a step closer thanks to a new ruthenium-based catalyst complex developed by chemists in Germany.  |
Chemistry World February 13, 2013 James Mitchell Crow |
Tapping proton power for enantioselective synthesis A simple proton is the key to a novel approach by US-based chemists to synthesize chiral amines and alcohols -- a structural motif common to many organic molecules with pharmaceutical promise.  |
Chemistry World May 22, 2015 James Urquhart |
Complex amines made easy (and cheap) Phil Baran's lab at the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, has come up with a protocol that repurposes two readily available and inexpensive feedstock building blocks; olefins and nitroarenes, via iron-catalysed cross-coupling.  |
Chemistry World December 12, 2007 Jonathan Edwards |
Aqueous Fischer-Tropsch is Clean and Green Chinese chemists have carried out the Fischer-Tropsch reaction in water for the first time, bringing a greener route to hydrocarbon fuels a step closer.  |
Chemistry World January 9, 2011 Mike Brown |
Mild route to organohalides using visible light A greener way to convert alcohols to their corresponding bromides and iodides using visible light and without generating wasteful by-products has been developed by US researchers.  |
Chemistry World July 3, 2015 Andy Extance |
Copper catalysis overcomes double bond trouble Some carbon-carbon double bonds seem too unreactive for synthetic use -- but that's just how chemists in the US are now exploiting them.  |
Chemistry World November 10, 2011 David Bradley |
A soluble solution to the Haber process? A clearer understanding of the activity of the key component of the Haber-Bosch process - the catalyst - could help to optimize industrial nitrogen fixation still further and remove the need for high temperatures and pressures.  |
Chemistry World February 20, 2012 James Urquhart |
Unusual kinetics of catalyst revealed US researchers have elucidated the unusual reaction kinetics of C-H activation by the palladium(II) catalyst (Pd(OAc) 2).  |
Chemistry World August 14, 2014 Elisabeth Ratcliffe |
Photoredox route to medically-important heterocycles Researchers in the US have developed a new photo catalyzed coupling reaction that could provide a pathway to a huge number of biologically active compounds.  |
Chemistry World September 2011 Paul Docherty |
Column: Totally Synthetic Corey Stephenson of Boston University is an expert a type of reaction called photochemical reduction-oxidation. He has charmed photons into performing many chemical tricks, but one is a photoredox dehalogenation using blue light and a ruthenium bipyridyl catalyst.  |
Chemistry World June 10, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
Elusive intermediate snared Chemists in Germany have succeeded in trapping an elusive intermediate involved in a key synthetic reaction catalysed by an organic molecule.  |
Chemistry World May 9, 2010 Phillip Broadwith |
Iron catalyst breaks the mold An iron catalyst that is not only greener than many of its precious metal competitors, but also catalyses reactions that they can't, could open new avenues in transition metal catalysis, say Chinese researchers.  |
Chemistry World September 18, 2015 Tim Wogan |
Shining a light on amine synthesis A new method for site selective amination of aromatic organic compounds has been developed by researchers in the US.  |
Chemistry World March 25, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
New synthesis for chiral anticancer compound The promising anticancer compound nutlin-3 is likely to become more widely available to researchers thanks to a new synthetic protocol developed by US chemists.  |
Chemistry World May 8, 2014 |
Mandelalide A The recent synthesis of the proposed structure of mandelalide A is a good example of a well-designed route that seamlessly integrates some cutting-edge chemistry.  |
Chemistry World September 30, 2009 Simon Haddlington |
Porous networks trap reactive intermediates Chemists in Japan have shown how it is possible to take sequential x-ray snapshots of chemical reactions taking place within molecular-sized 'reaction chambers', capturing the crystal structures of short-lived reactive intermediates.  |
Chemistry World June 1, 2006 Michael Gross |
New Twists on Catalysis Chemists around the world have discovered several new twists to improve the performance of asymmetric catalysts in hydrogenation reactions.  |
Chemistry World April 18, 2012 Elinor Richards |
Homogeneous Catalyst Recovery Made Easier Scientists have now found a way to recover homogeneous catalysts at the end of a chemical reaction that doesn't suffer from the slow reaction rates that affect current catalyst recovery systems.  |
Chemistry World June 12, 2015 David Bradley |
Copper click chemistry mechanism unravelled Both the mono- and bis-copper pathways are active in the CuAAC reaction, but the latter is kinetically favored.  |
Chemistry World April 4, 2008 James Mitchell Crow |
More to Catalysis Than Meets the Eye Catalysts are more than just a reactive surface. Changes beneath a metal's skin can completely change the course of a reaction.  |
Chemistry World July 20, 2006 Jessica Ebert |
Golden Touch for Amines Aminobenzene chemicals are used to make anything from dyes to pharmaceuticals, and now scientists have found a way to produce them in a more efficient way using a gold catalyst.  |
Chemistry World July 1, 2012 Paul Docherty |
Vincorine Cage-structured natural products are some of the most appealing (if perhaps not appetising) targets for organic chemists -- perhaps due to their obvious intricacy of form, but also because of their structural rigidity.  |
Chemistry World February 2010 Paul Docherty |
Column: Totally Synthetic Palau'amine is an alkaloid which has stubbornly held off synthesis for over 15 years. Its nemesis comes in the form of Phil Baran at the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, US.  |
Chemistry World February 4, 2011 Elinor Richards |
Strychnine in just six steps Strychnine, best known as a poison but also used medicinally as a stimulant, can now be synthesised in just six steps, say US scientists.  |
Chemistry World August 23, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Breaking open boranes to power fuel cells Hydrogen-rich ammonia borane could be a step closer to becoming a practical source of hydrogen for fuel cells following the development of a new ruthenium-based catalyst by chemists in the US.  |
Chemistry World July 16, 2012 Manisha Lalloo |
'Artificial Leaf' Under the Microscope Defects at the edge of the cobalt clusters give the Nocera catalyst its water splitting properties.  |
Chemistry World September 4, 2013 Mark Peplow |
Iron catalyst offers nitrogenase clues It is one of the most enduring mysteries in chemistry: how do certain bacteria fix nitrogen from the air?  |
Chemistry World November 28, 2013 Andy Extance |
Base metal catalysts strike hydrogenation gold Three teams have shown that chemists need not rely only on expensive and toxic precious metal catalysts for hydrogenation -- they've found complementary alternatives based on cheap, abundant and safer transition metals.  |
Chemistry World September 28, 2015 Karl Collins |
A witches' brew for trifluoromethylation Trifluoromethylating phenols is one example of a reaction that would be incredibly useful when attempting to tune the chemical and biological properties of molecules for pharmaceutical and agrochemical research.  |
Chemistry World June 17, 2010 Andrew Turley |
Biocatalyst improves diabetes drug production Researchers have developed an enzyme that can produce a difficult to form chiral amine in a best-selling diabetes therapy.  |
Chemistry World August 11, 2011 Josh Howgego |
Enzyme Inspired Nickel Complex Races to Produce Hydrogen A cheap nickel catalyst could pave the way for the industrial production of hydrogen - a step on the road to a hydrogen economy.  |
Chemistry World April 10, 2008 Mark Peplow |
'Pot-in-a-Pot' Technique Makes Impossible Cascade Reactions Easy A simple technique that nests a series of reaction vessels could help chemists avoid the tedium and expense of purifying organic compounds after each step of a long synthesis.  |
Chemistry World November 12, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
Microscope Reveals Catalyst Secrets A promising technique for watching catalysts in action could provide new insights into how they work, report scientists in the Netherlands.  |
Chemistry World November 2010 Paul Docherty |
Column: Totally Synthetic Perhaps the most familiar (and dull - they do say that familiarity breeds contempt.) chemical reaction to medicinal chemists is the amide bond formation.  |
Technology Research News May 4, 2005 |
Nano Pyramids Boost Fuel Cells Researchers have devised a way to make iridium surfaces that are extremely finely textured. The surface is textured with pyramids which increases the available surface area of the metal. The increased surface area speeds the catalytic reaction that breaks down ammonia to extract hydrogen.  |
Chemistry World April 28, 2010 Mike Brown |
Producing hydrogen from sea water A new catalyst that generates hydrogen from sea water has been developed by scientists in the US.  |
Chemistry World November 26, 2012 Laura Howes |
Protein coat prepares catalyst for cascades By protecting a transition metal catalyst with a protein coat, scientists have managed to couple up biocatalysts and chemical catalysts to perform a cascade reaction.  |
Chemistry World June 2011 |
Column: Totally Synthetic I've never heard of the Polonovski-Potier reaction, the keystone of a remarkable synthesis by a team led by Tohru Fukuyama at the University of Tokyo, Japan.  |
Chemistry World July 13, 2006 Michael Gross |
Catalyst Cracks Tough Cellulose Metal catalysts can break down cellulose into simple sugar alcohols, chemists have found, marking an important step in the quest to produce green fuels from renewable resources.  |
Chemistry World August 2009 Paul Docherty |
Column: Totally Synthetic Richmond Sarpong's research group at University of California, Berkeley, US, have taken quite an interest in lyconadin A, publishing an initial, racemic synthesis.  |
Chemistry World May 26, 2015 |
Catching the runaways I think each cohort of industrial chemists has a runaway industrial reaction that defines their generation.  |
Chemistry World August 22, 2014 Derek Lowe |
Death of a reagent Anyone who's been practicing organic chemistry for a while can think back to reactions and reagents that were once in far wider use than they are today.  |
Chemistry World April 23, 2015 Andrew Turley |
Carbon nanotube-based sensor detects meat spoilage Cheap chemical sensors that can detect compounds given off by rotting meat have for several years suggested a better way to monitor food freshness.  |
Chemistry World January 13, 2011 Sarah Corcoran |
Unclogging the problems of flow chemistry US scientists have found a way to stop solid byproducts clogging channels in continuous flow reactors, a problem that has hampered their progress for use in manufacturing pharmaceuticals.  |
Technology Research News July 27, 2005 |
Micro fuel cell packs power Researchers have built a propane-driven fuel cell that's not much bigger than a watch battery, but lasts much longer.  |