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How to grow an enormous single crystal
3+ hour, 27+ min ago (674+ words) Top tips from David Boyce and his class, who have cultivated a 3kg single copper sulfate crystal David Boyce and students at Queenswood School have grown a giant single crystal of copper sulfate over the course of a year A classic…...
Engineered enzymes could boost amide bond-forming efficiency for drug synthesis
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (419+ words) A new biocatalytic pathway has been engineered that directly converts aldehydes into amides " essential for many drug molecules. The new approach, which uses oxygen from the air and water as the solvent, was used to redesign the synthetic routes for…...
(+)-Melicolone K | Opinion
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (249+ words) Sequential C'H activations open up the opportunity for an unusual transformation Perhaps for some of the same reasons, I don't think I've featured this class of reaction much in this column. However, a recent synthesis of melicolone K by Ziqi…...
Probing PFAS policies in the UK and EU
1+ week, 2+ day ago (487+ words) The UK has set out its approach to regulating fluorochemicals, and the EU has projected the savings from a proposed ban Probing PFAS policies in the UK and EU - Share this on Facebook Share this on X (Twitter) Share this…...
UK government sets out plan to tackle PFAS threat
1+ week, 2+ day ago (283+ words) A new UK government report describes the threat posed by per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as "one of the most pressing chemical challenges of our time. Acknowledging that PFAS contamination threatens public health, wildlife and the environment, the report lays…...
‘Almost impossible to destroy’: material captures CO2 and frees it at the flick of a photoswitch
1+ week, 2+ day ago (518+ words) Almost impossible to destroy: material captures CO2 and frees it at the flick of a photoswitch'Chemistry World - Share this on Facebook Share this on X (Twitter) Share this on LinkedIn Share this on Bluesky Share this on Reddit Share this on…...
Embodying polymer chemistry with a purpose by upcycling plastics and trapping PFAS
1+ week, 6+ day ago (558+ words) For Frank Leibfarth, focussing on reactivity and selectivity helps him bridge the gap between fundamental and applied research "There's a lot of groups who develop new chemistry, who struggle to know exactly what application it will be best for. And…...
Mapping tool delivers quantitative visualisations of steric interactions
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (413+ words) Scientists have developed a computational method that quantifies and generates 3D maps of steric effects. The technique is more accurate than existing approaches and tests show it works across a wide range of cases, including atropoisomerism, coordination chemistry and organocatalysis enantioselectivity....
Rethinking hydrogen peroxide production
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (386+ words) First produced by French chemist Louis Jacques Th'nard in 1818, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) has many uses. The chemical industry produces over 5 million tonnes of H2O2 per year, for products such as disinfectants, bleaching agents and even rocket fuel. Nearly half of global H2O2 production…...
‘Inverted metallocenes’ turn organometallic definition on its head
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (261+ words) Inverted metallocene" complexes featuring palladium-based rings bonded to non-metal anions are new examples of compounds that redefine the concept of a metallocene. The researchers who created them say that such compounds could be used to control the thermal degradation of…...