CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS

May 19 2025SCIENCE

Copper's Role in Crafting Special Molecules

In the world of chemistry, copper is a star player. It helps create special molecules called 1-aminoisoquinolines. This process is a clever mix of reactions. It starts with three key ingredients: 2-bromoaryl nitriles, terminal alkynes, and amines. These are not your everyday kitchen ingredients. They are special chemicals that react in unique ways. The magic begins ...

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Apr 10 2025SCIENCE

Copper's Bonding Magic: How Copper and Boron Dance Together

Chemists have been playing around with copper and boron compounds. They wanted to see how these elements behave when they get together in certain ways. They created three special copper compounds. In these compounds, a part of the boron atom acts as a bridge. It connects two copper atoms using special bonds. These bonds are called sigma-BH bonds. This setup is quite ...

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Apr 05 2025SCIENCE

Making Medicines with Light and Flow

Azetidines are small molecules that are very useful in making medicines. Scientists have found a new way to create these molecules using light and chemicals that flow. This method is quite flexible. It can make tiny amounts, like milligrams, or large amounts, like multigrams, of azetidines. The process starts with azetidine-2-carboxylic acids. These acids are changed...

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Mar 18 2025SCIENCE

Self-Healing Metal Gels: The Future of Flexible Tech?

Materials science is buzzing with excitement over a new type of gel. These gels are made from tiny metal structures and a special acid. They can be created in different solvents, like DMF and DMSO. These gels have some amazing properties. They can fix themselves when damaged and handle heavy loads. This makes them perfect for creating flexible, durable materials. ...

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Jan 22 2025SCIENCE

Fast and Eco-Friendly: Triazoles Made Easy with Ionic Liquids

Triazoles are vital in creating medicines and pesticides. A clever team found a new way to make these molecules using something called ionic liquids. They started with ingredients like benzonitrile derivatives and primary amines, heating them up to create triazoles quickly. What's neat is they could use regular heat or microwaves, and both methods worked brilliantly....

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Nov 29 2024SCIENCE

Cooking Up Lactones: A Green Chemistry Breakthrough

Imagine you're in a lab, mixing a few simple ingredients together in one pot. Now, zap it with some microwave heat, and voila! You've just made a batch of lactones, including the important chemical γ-valerolactone. This isn't some magical trick, but a clever method using sodium borohydride and microwaves to convert ketoacids into lactones. It's like a quick, efficien...

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Nov 20 2024SCIENCE

Light's Magic Trick: Turning Common Chemicals into Something New

Imagine using light to transform everyday chemicals into something extraordinary! Scientists have found a clever way to do just that. They're using visible light to change common compounds called 1, 3-enynes into allenes. This process, called photoredox catalysis, is like a magic trick in the lab. It adds both hydrogen and fluorine to the enyne, creating a wide range...

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