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Chemistry World October 23, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
Methane all bound up US chemists have characterized the first stable sigma-methane complex in which methane binds to a metal without breaking its C-H bonds.  |
Chemistry World June 5, 2006 Simon Hadlington |
The Attraction of Gold for Gold Researchers are unravelling some of the fundamental chemistry surrounding a key but poorly understood aspect of the coordination chemistry of gold -- the weak `aurophilic' interactions between adjacent atoms of Au(I) in organic complexes.  |
Chemistry World August 15, 2013 Caryl Richards |
First agostic isomers uncovered from two-tone crystals The discovery that two different colored crystals can form from the same molybdenum cation has signalled the first experimental evidence for agostic isomers -- or agostomers -- in organometallic complexes.  |
Chemistry World June 7, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
Pd(III) catalysis insight The discovery of a bimetallic palladium(III) complex that can catalyse the formation of carbon-heteroatom bonds adds a new facet to our understanding of the chemistry of one of the most widely-used metals in catalysis, say US chemists.  |
Chemistry World June 25, 2015 Karl Collins |
Dispelling nickel's catalytic demons In the world of transition metal catalysis, some still consider nickel less worthy than other metals.  |
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 June 2007 Dylan Stiles |
Opinion: Bench Monkey This PhD student takes an organic chemist's tour around the periodic table.  |
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 October 28, 2013 Jennifer Newton |
Crystal within a crystal Colleagues at the University of Strasbourg used a molecular tectonics strategy to prepare the crystals.  |
Chemistry World September 30, 2011 |
Colourful Research Jeremy Smith talks about why choosing inorganic chemistry was a case of columns versus color.  |
Chemistry World January 19, 2007 Lionel Milgrom |
Quantum Theory Reveals Why Lead Poisons Lead is one heavy metal. It can cause irreversible blood, brain, kidney, and liver damage. But why is it so toxic? Using quantum chemistry and enzyme model compounds, researchers now believe they have the answer.  |
Chemistry World November 2, 2011 Phillip Broadwith |
Do Carbyne Radicals Really Exist in Aqueous Solution? Carbyne radicals are ejected from molybdenum clusters in water and react together to make lots of organic molecules, including alkynes  |
Chemistry World April 11, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
Phosphorus fragments trapped Researchers in the US and Germany have shown how a rare and highly reactive form of phosphorus can be captured and crystallised, making it stable even at room temperature.  |
Chemistry World November 8, 2007 James Mitchell Crow |
First Mg(I) Complex Made Chemists have created the first stable magnesium(I) compounds, a breakthrough for a metal whose chemistry is ruled by the oxidation state.  |
Chemistry World October 31, 2014 Jason Woolford |
Square planar iron complex breaks inorganic dogma Researchers have synthesized a square-planar Fe(ii) complex that is not only high spin, but has a different core (FeO 2NCl) to the only other examples of this complex type, all of which feature an FeO 4 core.  |
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 December 23, 2015 Karl Collins |
Scratching chiral surfaces There are numerous challenges to developing reactions that exploit chiral surfaces, or employ molecular modifiers (ligands) to create a chiral surface environment and control the stereoselectivity of a transformation.  |
Chemistry World July 29, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Archetypal Lewis Acid Borane Turned Into a Base Chemists in the US and Germany have achieved the remarkable feat of transforming a borane, an archetypal electron-accepting Lewis acid, into an electron-donating Lewis base.  |
Chemistry World June 11, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
'Electronic glue' makes nanocrystals connect American chemists have developed an 'electronic glue' to link nanocrystals together - allowing groups of the crystals to be highly conductive.  |
Chemistry World December 23, 2008 Tom Westgate |
Gallium and uranium join forces A molecule featuring the first ever uranium-gallium bond may shed light on how related carbene ligands selectively extract uranium from lanthanides  |
Chemistry World November 7, 2014 Katrina Kramer |
Stressed ligands switch catalysis selectivity Researchers have discovered that enantioselectivity in palladium-catalyzed reactions depends on the ligand's intramolecular strain.  |
Chemistry World June 28, 2013 Anthony King |
Titanium takes on Haber -- Bosch process The synthesis of ammonia under milder condition, using less energy and fewer resources, has moved a step closer.  |
Chemistry World February 11, 2011 David Barden |
Waking up to new possibilities in imaging UK researchers have used a cage-like molecule to smuggle metal ions into cells, which could improve medical imaging.  |
Chemistry World September 24, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
Copper Future for Solar Cells Rare ruthenium complexes that are a key component of dye-sensitized solar cells could be replaced by molecules based on copper.  |
Chemistry World October 31, 2012 James Mitchell Crow |
Nitrogen does diamond Nitrogen will form an unusual cage-like structure when subjected to high pressures, an international team of researchers has calculated.  |
Chemistry World February 19, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
Forcing stereoselectivity on reactive cations Chemists in the US have devised a dual catalyst strategy to tame the highly reactive iminium ion to give a high degree of stereochemical control over subsequent reactions of the ion.  |
Chemistry World August 28, 2015 Simon Higgins |
D-block chemistry Mark Winter's D-block chemistry, originally published as part of the Oxford chemistry primer series in 1995, and now revised and updated, is a good and approachable introduction to put this bewilderment in context.  |
Chemistry World June 5, 2011 James Mitchell Crow |
Nanoparticles scrub up a treat in hot water bath Upping the catalytic activity of gold nanoparticles can be as simple as a good wash in hot water, UK chemists have shown.  |
Chemistry World December 10, 2013 David Bradley |
Breaking the mold with recycled plastic drugs James Hedrick of the IBM Almaden Research Center, US, and colleagues have used supramolecular chemistry to self-assemble a range of polymer-like structures that display antifungal properties.  |