C-H activation-based method should speed drug molecule design and diversification. Scripps Research chemists have accomplished a long elusive feat in synthetic chemistry: the invention of a broadly ...

Researchers report that carboxylic acids, functional groups contained in biomolecules, drugs, and materials can be readily modified by light-induced organic reactions using an aminocyclopropenone.

Researchers at the University of Toronto have identified how certain bacteria can be guided ...

Amide bond-forming reactions are of tremendous significance in synthetic chemistry. Methodological research has, in the past, focused on efficiency and selectivity, and these have reached impressive ...

A line structure of a molecule derived from the natural product 3-carene; the parent 3-carene structure, featuring a ...

Chemists at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung have developed a practical two-step method for alkylating alkenes via ...

Boron—the beloved oddball of the periodic table—can do some unique chemistry, thanks to its empty p-orbital. This has made boronic acids and boronate esters indispensable components in many compounds, ...

Some people may be more attractive to mosquitoes than others due to an acidic byproduct made by skin bacteria. Maria Elena De Obaldia at the Rockefeller University in New York and her colleagues asked ...