Green synthesis represents a transformative approach to organic compound production that minimises environmental impact by harnessing renewable resources, benign solvents and recyclable catalysts.

Family of compounds known as 1,2,3,5-tetrazines could have wide application in making new pharmaceuticals, chemical and biological probes, and other products. Chemists at Scripps Research have devised ...

Speeding up chemical reactions is key to improving industrial processes or mitigating unwanted or harmful waste. Realizing these improvements requires that chemists design around documented reaction ...

New play in transition metal chemistry playbook revealed. New research shows that net oxidative addition can occur via a different order of events in which the transitiion metal complex accepts ...

Generation of hydrogen (H₂) by means of photocatalysis has been at the forefront of research since the 1970s because it can potentially fulfill the demand for this green fuel by employing abundant ...

Organic chemistry is the study of the millions of carbon-based compounds, including those that make up the building blocks of all known life. By exploring the properties, structures, and reactions of ...

A research team reports they have created an organic reaction called α-allylation with simple ketones and allyl alcohols.

Organic chemistry permeates our daily lives– from the aroma of a cup of coffee to the fuel in our cars and the fibers in our clothing, organic compounds play a important role. Within biomedical ...

Bioorganic chemistry was born out of combining the two well-established scientific disciplines of chemistry and biochemistry. It is a rapidly growing scientific field that focuses on implementing ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Speeding up chemical reactions is key to improving industrial processes or mitigating unwanted or harmful waste. Realizing these improvements requires that chemists design ...