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, ...

The pharmaceutical industry makes products that improve millions of lives. Recent developments in flow chemistry can help alleviate the environmental burden of manufacturing processes to bring these ...

Undergraduate students at Penn State Brandywine developed an environmentally friendly and easy method to synthesize compounds ...

The proposed method is simple, mild, fast, and produces high yields, with the potential to inspire the development of new drugs and agrochemicals. Indolo[2,3-a]quinolizidine is a common structural ...

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 ...

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 ...

The halomethane compound bromoform (CHBr3) has devastating effects on the ozone layer. In the upper layers of the atmosphere, ...

A new, highly efficient electrochemical process converts propane into propene at room temperature. The team that developed the process believes that it is an economically viable, environmentally ...