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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. |
Chemistry World January 6, 2010 Phillip Broadwith |
Enzymes do the twist The way enzyme catalysts bind molecules to speed up their reactions is not as simple as once thought, say chemists from the UK and Spain. |
Chemistry World March 31, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Giving molecules a stretch A simple way to stretch small molecules and measure the forces at play has been developed by researchers in the US. |
Chemistry World March 1, 2012 David Bradley |
Roaming reactions double up in atmospheric chemistry Chemists have found a chemical reaction that ignores its reaction coordinate and seemingly bypasses the conventional mechanics of transition state theory to display two distinct 'roaming' mechanisms. |
Chemistry World July 16, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Strange vibrations Researchers in Taiwan have shown that in a relatively simple molecular system the induced vibrations can inhibit the breaking of the bond and slow the reaction down. |
Chemistry World March 6, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Synthetic Enzymes Designed by Computer Scientists in the US have designed and built an artificial enzyme from scratch. |
Chemistry World June 13, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
Exploding molecule provides 3D bond images Researchers from the US and Germany have demonstrated a new way to obtain accurate three-dimensional images of molecules, with precise measurements of the geometry of the molecule's chemical bonds. |
Chemistry World October 13, 2011 Phillip Broadwith |
Following Electrons' Chemical Reaction Quickstep The oscillating electronic states of molecules nearby and passing through a conical intersection can now be probed directly. |
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. |
Chemistry World March 14, 2012 James Urquhart |
Catalysis at the flick of a switch German researchers have created a molecular nanoswitch that can be reversibly and repeatedly turned on and off to control a chemical reaction. |
Chemistry World June 23, 2015 Philip Ball |
Ultra-bright x-rays film molecular reaction A team working at the Stanford Linear Collider in California claims to have made 'the first molecular movie' using ultra-fast x-ray scattering from molecules as they undergo a chemical reaction. |
Chemistry World August 22, 2011 Jon Cartwright |
Manmade molecular machine goes to work Manmade molecules can generate similar forces to natural molecular machines, and could help chemists to design artificial molecular machines for meaningful tasks. |
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. |
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 October 12, 2006 Richard Van Noorden |
Lasers on the Energy Ski Slope Researchers have shown that intense laser-light pulses can act as catalysts, controlling the end products of a chemical reaction without themselves being absorbed. |
Chemistry World March 9, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
Covalent Bonds Crack Under the Strain Chemists must consider engineering principles when designing molecules following news that tough carbon-to-carbon bonds break easily under mechanical strain. |
Chemistry World September 12, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
Isotope effect seen on single molecule The isotope effect - where the rate of a reaction is altered depending on the presence of a given isotopic atom in the reactant - is a key tool for elucidating reaction mechanisms |
Chemistry World June 10, 2011 Laura Howes |
Quantum tunnelling creates the 'wrong' molecule Protons takes a quantum leap in carbene reaction to give chemists a surprise |
Chemistry World November 13, 2008 Hayley Birch |
Reactions Studied by Stop Motion Japanese and Israeli scientists have developed a technique that can track whole-molecule changes that occur during extremely rapid reactions. |
Chemistry World June 18, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Chemical speed-dating even faster Researchers in the US have adapted a DNA amplification technique to develop a simpler way to rapidly screen chemical reactions. |
Chemistry World May 6, 2009 Nina Notman |
Polymers feel the force A new way to make force-sensitive polymers that respond to stress by changing colour has been designed by a multidisciplinary team in the US. |
Reactive Reports Issue 56 Jeffrey Krise |
A Basic Approach to Chemotherapy Chemists have found a way to attack malignant cells with an anticancer drug, while sparing healthy cells. |
Chemistry World November 11, 2009 James Urquhart |
Structural snapshots of complex molecules US researchers have pioneered a new spectroscopy technique to uncover the precise sequence of atomic movements and structural changes that occur during complex chemical transformations. |
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). |
Chemistry World April 25, 2013 Andreas Barth |
Chemical bibliometrics Counting compounds instead of publications and citations opens new perspectives for data-based scientific discovery and it can complement and stimulate both experimental and theoretical research. |
Information Today May 5, 2011 Robert E. Buntrock |
SciPlanner: Latest Addition to the CAS Suite of Programs In over a century of existence, Chemical Abstract Service has become the premier source of chemical information. |
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. |
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. |
Chemistry World May 26, 2015 |
Catching the runaways I think each cohort of industrial chemists has a runaway industrial reaction that defines their generation. |
Technology Research News July 27, 2005 |
Baited molecule fights cancer Many teams of researchers are working on ways to use nanotechnology to deliver anticancer drugs directly to cancerous tissue. |
Chemistry World November 2011 Derek Lowe |
Column: In the Pipeline In recent years there's another class of 'unknown' compounds that's become more prominent than ever: the ones you can buy from the chemical catalogues. |