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Chemistry World January 25, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Water Surprise for Atmospheric Scientists Lone water molecules can catalyze reactions between atmospheric gases, scientists have confirmed, throwing a wrench in the works of supposedly simple atmospheric 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 July 13, 2015 Philip Ball |
First snapshot of elusive intermediate supplies surprise A team near Zurich in Switzerland, has been able to take a single-molecule snapshot of an intermediate in a common class of organic reactions. |
Chemistry World March 4, 2010 Hayley Birch |
Accumulation of acid in atmosphere explained The research could also have implications for global climate modelling, enabling scientists to reduce uncertainties related to the effects of aerosols in their predictions. |
Chemistry World May 21, 2009 James Urquhart |
Catalyst kinetics revealed French and UK scientists have developed a spectroscopy technique that has elucidated the reaction mechanism of a silver-alumina catalyst. |
Chemistry World February 9, 2015 Andy Extance |
Radical observation lights up combustion Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in the US have identified hydroperoxyalkyl -- or QOOH -- radicals. The measurements will make combustion models used for designing engines more accurate, the team says. |
Chemistry World August 24, 2009 James Urquhart |
Separating isomers with electric fields A new technique uses electrostatic fields at ultracold temperatures to isolate individual conformational isomers from a complex molecule. |
Chemistry World May 28, 2014 Richard Massey |
Out of the frying pan and into the atmosphere Researchers have come closer to understanding why fatty acids, emitted in significant quantities by fast food outlets cooking meat, persist for so long in the atmosphere. |
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 29, 2015 Derek Lowe |
Magic molecule modifiers The synthesis of a new organic molecule can be approached in several ways. |
Chemistry World March 22, 2012 Ross McLaren |
Back to the future: old reactions to help the new Researchers from the US have delved into the history of organic chemistry to help chemists better predict the effect that functional groups will have on one another within a molecule. |
Chemistry World October 3, 2013 Laura Howes |
Twisting molecules for faster reactions Physical chemists in Germany and Switzerland have combined two different techniques to investigate the reactivities of different conformers -- and found one reaction that went 50% faster for one conformer over the other. |
Chemistry World February 2, 2012 Philip Robinson |
Ultrafast NMR shows the way Chemists have created an ultrafast NMR technique that can 'watch' how chemical reactions occur in real time. They've used the technique to follow the formation of pyrimidines from carbonyls and even identified new intermediates never before thought to be part of the reaction. |
Chemistry World March 10, 2006 |
Dual Organometallics Enhance Zinc Reactivity Chemists have synthesised organometallic compounds that enable zinc to participate in directed metalation of organic substrates. |
Reactive Reports Issue 60 David Bradley |
Mark Leach Interview with the owner of Meta-Synthesis, a company aimed to reveal the inner secrets of chemistry to as wide an audience as possible. |
Chemistry World March 2, 2011 Sarah Corcoran |
Natural products go with the flow Technology that could bring flow chemistry into the domain of complex natural product synthesis has been developed by UK scientists. |
Chemistry World October 11, 2012 Ian Le Guillou |
Turbo-charged Diels-Alder reaction The Diels - Alder reaction is one that sticks in the mind of even the most reluctant chemistry student -- there is a certain elegance in the ring formation from an alkene and diene. |
Chemistry World January 29, 2014 Elisabeth Ratcliffe |
Flow system overcomes reagent incompatibility issues Synthesizing cyclic carbonates could become easier and more efficient thanks to a sequential flow system developed by scientists in the US. |
Chemistry World March 25, 2012 Phillip Broadwith |
Germanium-Oxygen Double Bond Takes Centre Stage The first compound with a germanium-oxygen double bond has been created by Japanese scientists. |
Chemistry World April 11, 2011 Mike Brown |
One catalyst, two reactions Researchers in the US have designed a novel material that can catalyse two separate, sequential reactions to produce industrially relevant intermediates in one pot. |
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 June 3, 2008 Hayley Birch |
How to keep beer fresher for longer Venezuelan researchers have identified a chemical pathway that can be blocked to help preserve the fresh flavor of beer during storage. |
Chemistry World April 2010 Paul Docherty |
Column: Totally Synthetic When one attempts the first synthesis of a natural product, the set of challenges are often unknown; which intermediates are either inaccessible or unstable, for instance. |