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Chemistry World
November 28, 2014
Synthesizing the midnight oil Staying up late is nothing new to chemists, especially in a university setting. I enjoyed late nights in the laboratory in graduate school. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
February 27, 2014
Organic matter: Ringing the changes Among the joys of running a new process in the plant (and let me be clear, it is a joy) is that, in the plant, chemistry really matters. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
November 2007
Derek Lowe
Column: In the Pipeline Chemists are finally going with the flow. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
February 20, 2015
Enthralled by evaporation The separating funnel might be the most fun of all laboratory glassware. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
February 2008
Dylan Stiles
Column: Bench Monkey Cast a skeptical eye over new ideas in chemistry. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
November 25, 2014
James Urquhart
Nanomolar chemistry enables 1500 experiments in a single day Chemists have conducted over 1500 chemistry experiments in under a day thanks to a miniaturized, high throughput automation platform they developed for identifying how synthetic molecules react under various conditions. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
May 8, 2012
Phillip Broadwith
Keep stirring that Suzuki The shape of your reaction vessel can influence the behavior of organotrifluoroborate compounds in Suzuki cross-coupling reactions, say chemists in the UK. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
August 27, 2015
Scrubbing up A scrubber in a chemical lab keeps volatile compounds from moving into the rest of the laboratory, protecting chemists from toxic compounds, foul smells and irritated co-workers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
August 26, 2010
Simon Hadlington
A self-optimising microreactor system Chemists in the US have developed a microreactor system which automatically calculates the optimal conditions for the chemical reaction it is undertaking. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
May 24, 2007
James Mitchell Crow
Palladium Coupling in Fewer Steps Look out Suzuki - Canadian chemists have successfully joined up simple benzene ring-like aromatics without any pre-activation. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
November 2010
Carbon Couplers Take the Prize Three giants of organic chemistry, who pioneered palladium-catalysed cross coupling reactions, have shared this year's Nobel prize. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
September 4, 2012
Derek Lowe
Light in the Lab We organic chemists do terrible things to our molecules. How about dissolving the starting materials up in a flask, shining a light into the mixture and coming back later to find it transformed into your product? That's photochemistry. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
September 19, 2008
Lewis Brindley
Chemical conversion made twice as green A combination of two green processes - supercritical fluids and photochemistry - could have a bright future for performing environmentally friendly reactions on an industrial scale mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 15, 2015
Aurora Walshe
Carbon dioxide sees the light Collaborators in Spain and Germany have built a microreactor that uses visible light to drive a reaction that turns carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide -- an important chemical building block. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
November 6, 2008
James Mitchell Crow
Double reactor makes hydrogen and syngas Two chemical reactions key to producing future fuels can be linked together in a single membrane-based reactor to increase their efficiency, say Chinese chemists. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
December 14, 2012
Jon Cartwright
Pico-gold clusters break catalysis record Chemists in Spain have shown that small clusters of gold atoms are excellent inorganic catalysts with record-breaking efficiency. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
December 5, 2012
Phillip Broadwith
Chemical reactions in hot water Chinese and Japanese chemists have highlighted hot water's ability to promote unexpected reactions without any other reagents or catalysts. The work should expand our understanding of how to harness the physicochemical properties of water to potentially replace more complex reagents and catalysts. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reactive Reports
Issue 46
David Bradley
The Sticky Non-Stick Stuff One property of Teflon that is less familiar is that under certain circumstances it is among the most sticky of materials. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 23, 2013
Manisha Lalloo
NMR thermometer takes reactor's temperature Scientists in the US have used NMR to create temperature maps of reactions taking place inside catalytic reactors. Their technique opens the door to an easy, non-invasive way to discover hot and cold 'spots' inside reactors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
August 28, 2014
Trekking across chemical frontiers Thinking about getting molecules to where they need to go is a new concept for the novice process chemist, but is familiar to chemical engineers as mass transfer. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
November 20, 2015
Foaming at the reactor mouth Nothing stops a plant process faster than the dread words 'we have a stuck bottom valve'. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 2, 2009
Phillip Broadwith
Microwave effect ruled out Microwave reactions in silicon carbide vials - which are heated by microwaves but shield the contents from radiation - have confirmed that most of the benefits seen in microwave-assisted chemistry are purely due to heating mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
April 15, 2012
Jon Evans
Synthetic chemists print labware to order Not only do 3D printers offer the possibility of producing vessels with much more complex architectures, but the vessels can be designed to influence the course of the reaction or even to take part in it. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 3, 2008
Lewis Brindley
Nanotube catalysts improve industrial reaction A catalyst consisting of modified carbon nanotubes makes an important industrial reaction milder, safer and more selective, according to researchers in Germany. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
February 2, 2012
Elinor Richards
Magical microwaves Microwaves have been used to promote organic reactions since the 1980s and they can lead to higher yields and shorter reaction times than conventional heating, but why? mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
August 2010
Column: In the pipeline Derek Lowe reminisces about lost laboratory techniques and wonders which will be next to go mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
December 11, 2006
Richard Van Noorden
Unique Teaching Laboratory Goes Online A remote-controlled chemical laboratory that can be operated through the internet was unveiled recently. The system allows chemical engineering students anywhere in the world to operate a real-life laboratory without costly equipment. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
February 20, 2013
Amy Middleton-Gear
Ohmic heating for efficient green synthesis Portuguese scientists have developed a new ohmic-heating reactor for organic syntheses on water, or chemistry using an aqueous suspension of the reactants. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
July 14, 2009
Phillip Broadwith
Multicomponent reactions step up a gear Dutch chemists have taken multicomponent reactions to the next level, combining a total of eight different starting materials in a single flask, bringing together three different multicomponent reactions and making nine new bonds in a single step. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
August 12, 2015
Matthew Gunther
Chemists hold a candle to reagent preservation Scientists in the US now have a solution to end the build-up of chemical waste with a wax capsule that can protect reagents from the atmosphere. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 2009
Column: In the pipeline Derek Lowe discusses the problem of leaning too heavily on favorite reactions mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
April 12, 2012
Simon Hadlington
Recruiting electrophiles for organic cross-coupling Chemists in the US have taken an unconventional approach to carbon cross-coupling and in doing so have potentially opened the door to the rapid and efficient synthesis of a wide range of organic compounds. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
March 21, 2007
Richard Van Noorden
Forcing a Reaction US chemists have forced molecules to react by ripping their bonds apart with ultrasound. The scientists carefully stretched one targeted bond until it snapped, guiding the molecule's subsequent reaction into pathways forbidden by conventional chemistry. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
July 15, 2010
Simon Hadlington
Synthetic enzyme catalyses Diels-Alder reaction The reaction is key to many organic syntheses and suggests that artificial enzymes could soon become part of the synthetic chemist's toolkit. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
September 25, 2013
Derek Lowe
What's the use? Work that claims to be useful in chemistry often ends up teetering on the edges of the Canyons of Triviality or Decadence. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 12, 2015
Emma Stoye
Chemistry Nobel laureate Richard Heck dies Richard Heck, the organic chemist who shared the 2010 chemistry Nobel prize with for developing palladium-catalyzed cross coupling reactions, has died aged 84. mark for My Articles similar articles
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). mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
July 9, 2012
Phillip Broadwith
'Molecular cobra' turns C-H to C=C A reagent developed by US chemists can selectively introduce synthetically useful C=C double bonds into unactivated carbon chains, guided by an activating group attached to a nearby oxygen or nitrogen atom. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
August 2007
Derek Lowe
Opinion: In the Pipeline Process chemists just don't get the credit they deserve. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
September 21, 2009
Hayley Birch
Enzymes inspire new catalyst design for hydrogen production A novel enzyme-based catalyst developed by UK and US researchers hints at new ways of designing catalysts for the water-gas shift reaction, an important industrial reaction in the production of high grade hydrogen. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 15, 2012
Melissae Fellet
Synthesis by mass spectrometry Chemists have used mass spectrometry, commonly used to analyze molecules, to synthesize them on the microscale. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
July 2008
Dylan Stiles
Column: Bench Monkey Work in a chemistry lab long enough, and I can just about guarantee sooner or later you'll battle an accidental fire. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 22, 2008
Susan Aldridge
A greener route to amines Researchers based in Israel have developed an easier way to make troublesome primary amines, using a new ruthenium catalyst. mark for My Articles similar articles