In a world first, the team, led by Professor Stephen Liddle, discovered a new type of aromatic molecule made entirely of ...

A growing body of peer-reviewed research is showing that electricity can replace heat and fossil-derived hydrogen to crack the toughest chemical bonds in lignin, the rigid polymer that gives wood its ...

Aromatic molecules are known for their stable electronic structures. These molecules typically adopt planar geometries with ...

Science has achieved a lot of things that were once thought impossible. Splitting the atom, for instance. Thanks to a remarkable new breakthrough from Saarland University, in Saarbrücken, Germany, we ...

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Evans tells C&EN that he thinks the reaction will be particularly useful to medicinal chemists who need to incorporate an ...

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Flow chemistry is the development and study of chemical reactions whereby reactants are combined by pumping fluids, including solutions of reagents, through tubes at known rates. The relative ...

What if the toughest part of wood could be turned into highly useful chemicals without burning fossil fuels or using high-pressure hydrogen? A new study sheds light on an interesting method to achieve ...

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