A 3-D X-ray diffraction image of cylindrocyclophane A. The bonds highlighted in blue were prepared using catalytic C–H bond functionalization reactions. A team of scientists led by Caltech and Emory ...

Fluorine is critical for biomedicine. This element can help drug compounds be more potent and last longer in the body, and ...

C –H activation is the art of snipping specific bonds between carbon and hydrogen atoms on an organic molecule to graft a new functional group in place of the relatively unreactive H atom. Over the ...

With millions of tons of plastic going into landfills every year, chemists are racing to find end-of-life uses for materials like polystyrene. But these large polymers are notoriously hard to dissolve ...

A team of chemists from the University of Vienna, led by Nuno Maulide, has achieved a significant breakthrough in the field of chemical synthesis, developing a novel method for manipulating ...

Chemists break down barriers between labs and institutions to join forces for a new way of doing organic synthesis. Chemists synthesized a highly complex natural molecule through a revolutionary ...