Making molecules with quaternary carbon bonds—four carbons attached to a central C—is tricky but necessary for medicinal chemists. Quaternary C bonds have a discrete shape, Princeton University ...
Water treatment plants across the globe rely on ultraviolet light to generate hydroxyl radicals, the aggressive molecular ...
How do radicals form in aqueous solutions when exposed to UV light? This question is important for health research and ...
A research team has developed a reaction for creating functionalized ketones. Using an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) organocatalyst, with no need for metals or light irradiation, an acyl and an alkyl ...