Superhydrides are materials that can store significantly more hydrogen than conventional hydrides and present a highly promising option for applications such as hydrogen storage and superconducting ...

Researchers develop a one pot process to transform aromatic ketones to esters, offering advancements in pharmaceutical synthesis and materials science. Aromatic ketones have traditionally been ...

A two-step process inserts a carbon atom into the aromatic nitrogen-containing rings of pyrroles and indoles to expand them into pyridines and quinolines, respectively. The technique expands the tool ...

As an engineering plastic having high transparency and impact resistance, polycarbonate (PC) is employed in eyeglass lenses, camera lenses, DVDs, automobile headlights and bulletproof glass. The ...

Using a physical force such as grinding to drive a reaction, known as mechanochemistry, has gained attention in recent years as a greener alternative to potentially wasteful solvent-based methods. But ...

Highly reactive organometallic reagents, like organolithiums (molecules with a carbon–lithium bond) are essential reagents in organic synthesis because of their applications from polymer synthesis to ...

Azides are chemical compounds widely used in synthetic organic chemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, and materials chemistry. However, conventional synthesis methods for azide compounds have severe ...