Highly reactive organometallic reagents, like organolithiums (molecules with a carbon–lithium bond) are essential reagents in ...

Organic Reactions: These reactions involve compounds containing carbon, primarily focusing on hydrocarbons and their ...

Penn State researchers have uncovered a surprising twist in a foundational chemical reaction known as oxidative addition. Typically believed to involve transition metals donating electrons to organic ...

Family of compounds known as 1,2,3,5-tetrazines could have wide application in making new pharmaceuticals, chemical and biological probes, and other products. Chemists at Scripps Research have devised ...

New play in transition metal chemistry playbook revealed. New research shows that net oxidative addition can occur via a different order of events in which the transitiion metal complex accepts ...

Organic chemistry is the study of the millions of carbon-based compounds, including those that make up the building blocks of all known life. By exploring the properties, structures, and reactions of ...

A reaction sequence involves multiple steps, each transforming the starting material into an intermediate product until the final desired product is achieved. To predict the product accurately, one ...

LifeTracer, a computational framework, was developed to analyze mass spectrometry data, identifying molecular features that distinguish abiotic from biotic origins. Georgia Tech and NASA used advanced ...

For students hoping to attend professional programs such as medical school, organic chemistry is viewed as a dreaded roadblock to their aspirations. But courses that aren’t directly related to ...

When a capsule of asteroid dust from Bennu parachuted into the Utah desert, scientists hoped it might carry clues to how ...