ORGANOSULFUR CHEMISTRY

May 25 2026SCIENCE

Light‑Driven Copper Trick Makes Fancy Sulfur Molecules

A new way to build special sulfur compounds uses light and copper. Instead of the usual method, chemists now link a sulfur atom to a carbon that is already part of a simple hydrocarbon. This process happens when the copper catalyst, fed with light energy, pulls electrons from the hydrocarbon.

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