Greener Nylon Synth? Just Add UV and Ozone! 8:13 PM / 0 " Any sufficiently-developed technology is indistinguishable from magic" - Arthur C. Clarke Looks like we'll soon have a more ... Read more »
Friday Fun: Sweet Cardamom (Peroxide) 4:26 AM / 0 Rice pudding. Ginger snaps. And...malaria? That's what'll be going through my head next time I cook with cardamom, thanks to Tom Mai... Read more »
Highly Active, Barely Seen 6:28 AM / 0 Bench chemists know it's tough enough to control the multiple variables that go into any one reaction. But what about the ones you never... Read more »
Catching Copper's Ghosts 5:46 AM / 0 Copper , copper, everywhere (and much more than you'd think). It's found in coins, wiring, statues, paints, and even as part of a b... Read more »
Twisted Olefins in "Click" Chem? 10:52 AM / 0 Everyone digs the copper-catalyzed "click" reaction between azides and alkynes - its fruits have ripened into applications for pr... Read more »
Great Expectations for 'Metal-Free' Reactions 5:05 AM / 0 Reading through some recent "metal-free" coupling literature, I came across a fantastic footnote. Check out the lengths chemists C... Read more »
Come On, Allene! The Crabbé Reaction 5:52 AM / 0 Readers: This post was written in response to Rachel Pepling’s call for submissions to the IYC2011 Chemistry Carnival over at CENtral Scien... Read more »