Tag Archives: bonds

Sounding out unclick chemistry

Posted by David Bradley on September 19, 2020 Comments Off

US chemists have attached polymer chains to a small, robust molecule and used ultrasound to grab the chains and literally pull the molecule apart. The technique can reverse click chemistry reactions, a popular transformation in which simple starting materials are …

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Does ChemDoodle do?

Posted by David Bradley on August 31, 2020 Comments Off

  iChemLabs has announced ChemDoodle 4 It looks interesting but I wanted iChemLabs’ Kevin Theisen to tell me about ChemDoodle’s unique selling point. Apparently, it has at least 6! 1. ChemDoodle is, he tells me, the only chemical drawing brand …

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Pi-stacking better without the aromatics?

Posted by Robert Slinn on July 9, 2020 Comments Off

Pi-stacking better without the aromatics? – Scientists in the US have discovered that electrons confined to their double bonds can sometimes deliver stronger pi-stacking interactions than those roaming free in aromatic systems. The discovery could have a big impact on …

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Making fluorine reactions stick

Posted by David Bradley on May 10, 2020 Comments Off

Fluorine in organic chemistry is an important topic across the synthetic pharmaceutical, agrochemical and materials areas because switching out hydrogen atoms selectivity for this element allows chemists to tune the reactivity of specific groups within a given molecule. Now, chemists …

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Six Slinn Picks – chemical news

Posted by Robert Slinn on April 21, 2020 Comments Off

Starting a new metabolic path: Researchers develop technique to help metabolic engineering – Efforts to engineer new metabolic pathways into microbes for the inexpensive production of valuable chemical products, such as biofuels or therapeutic drugs, should get a significant boost …

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Slinn Pickings: forensics and DNA

Posted by Robert Slinn on February 5, 2020 Comments Off

Crime scene DNA testing on the move – A microfluidic chip that can come up with a DNA profile in less than three hours has been designed by US scientists for use at crime scenes. The mystery of the disappearing …

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