In nature, halogenation is a strategy used to increase the biological activity of secondary metabolites, compounds that are often effective as drugs. However, halides are not particularly reactive ...

A dilute solution of bromine is added to samples of heptane and cyclohexene. The bromination reactions and mechanisms are compared. UV light splits the bromine molecule into two reactive radicals, ...

Uniqsis has announced an application note that describes a continuous flow methodology for electrophilic bromination that offers excellent control of both temperature and mixing using a proprietary ...

Thiophenes are widely used motifs in drugs and many organic semiconductor materials, the latter due to thiophene’s conjugated system allowing for efficient charge transfer. The degree of arylation on ...

Screening strategies to discover new catalysts or types of reactions typically count hits by the number of new products that turn up in crude reaction mixtures. Frank Glorius and colleagues of the ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--MIT scientists have just learned another lesson from nature. After years of wondering how organisms managed to create self-medications, such as anti-fungal agents, chemists have ...

Three faculty members in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UC Santa Cruz—Assistant Professor Sarah Loerch, Assistant Professor Shaun McKinnie, and Professor Seth Rubin—have received ...