On a summer day about 20 years ago, Paul Chirik returned to his laboratory after a conference with a question on his mind: Why do chemists use expensive rhodium to do hydrogenation reactions? Why ...
For new, human-made heavy elements on the periodic table, being “too ‘big’ for your own good” often means instability and a fleeting existence. The more protons and neutrons scientists squeeze ...
For the first time in the world, thiols and disulfides were converted into sulfonyl fluorides using SHC5® and KF, expanding "click chemistry" with high efficiency and low environmental impact. This ...