Computationally accelerated organic synthesis: Optimal ligand prediction for generating reactive alkyl ketone radicals

Because ketones are widespread in organic molecules, chemists are eager to develop new reactions that use them to form ...
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Chemists develop reactions for the general synthesis of promising unexplored compounds

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 ...
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Electrochemical synthesis now possible without electric power source

Electrochemical reactions for synthesis of organic compounds would find wider applications if they were independent of power supply. Now, researchers have exploited the flow of electrolytes in an ...
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Enantioselective synthesis of polycyclic aromatic tetralinyl lignans based on symmetry-directed strategy

Based on a symmetry-guided synthesis strategy, the research group of Professor Yefeng Tang at Tsinghua University recently achieved the efficient construction of the tricyclic core skeleton of ...
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One catalyst, two reactions: Toward more efficient chemical synthesis

This new cerium-based catalyst interconverts between two oxidation states with distinct chemical properties, enabling two completely different reactions to occur in the same container. Most of the ...
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3-component Suzuki reaction makes amines

It’s hard to improve on a classic. But Richard Y. Liu was eager to take on that challenge. Cross-coupling reactions, including Suzuki-Miyaura coupling and Buchwald-Hartwig amination, are some of the ...
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Evonetix Demonstrates Novel Enzymatic DNA Synthesis Method

CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EVONETIX LTD (‘Evonetix’), the synthetic biology company bringing semiconductor technology to DNA synthesis, today announced it has achieved enzymatic DNA ...