‘The main difficulties arise from the subtle structural differences between the alkyl groups, the tendency for non-stereoselective background reactions to dominate and the extremely low energy ...

A recent study has used advanced techniques to uncover the role of ultraviolet (UV) light in activating peracetic acid (PAA) to generate powerful radicals, essential for water treatment. By ...

In a new Nature paper, Song Lin and his group at Cornell University describe how frustrated radical pairs can make a handy team for activating C–H bonds on saturated carbon atoms (2023, DOI: 10. ...

Most of the Y-series-based polymer acceptors have been produced utilizing two A′-core types: benzotriazole (BTA) and benzothiadiazole (BT). However, it has been found that the BTA core may provide ...

Two-photon, red light uncaging of alkyl radicals from organorhodium (iii) phthalocyanine complexes. Chemical Communications, 2022; DOI: 10.1039/D2CC03672J ...

The two radicals combine via the SH2 reaction to make the new, quaternary group at the end of the alkyl chain. How neatly the reaction worked surprised the team, MacMillan says.

Synthetically versatile alkyl sulfinates can be prepared from readily available amines, using Katritzky pyridinium salt intermediates. In a catalyst-free procedure, primary, secondary, and benzylic ...

Vinyl sulfonium salts typically act as an electrophilic Michael acceptor, thus initiating many tandem cyclization reactions. Herein, we disclosed the novel reactivity of vinyl sulfonium salts as a ...

The generation of alkyl radicals was achieved by direct visible-light excitation of the organoborate complex, which was designed and synthesized from 'boracene,' which has a boron atom in the ...

The propagating radical from the activation of an alkyl halide could be deactivated or react with a new inimer to form a linear unit (such as Lv). Increasing the rate ratio of propagation over ...