A new, two-step strategy for making substituted piperidines offers chemists a more efficient way to make these biologically ...

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Dec. 20, 2024 — Researchers have made a meaningful advance in the simulation of molecular electron transfer -- a fundamental process underpinning countless physical, chemical and biological ...

Nov. 21, 2024 — Researchers have found a new way to improve a key element of thermophotovoltaic systems, which convert heat into electricity via light. Engineers designed a thermal emitter that ...

FIGURE 1. Selected examples of naturally occurring 1,3-enynes and synthetic drugs, which incorporate an 1,3-enyne motif. SCHEME 2. Possible products of the ...

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Nonlinear optics is the study of how intense light interacts with matter. The optical response of a material usually scales linearly with the amplitude of the electric field. At high powers ...

Activating agents enable the efficient preparation of organozinc complexes from zinc metal and organohalides, but their mechanisms had been obscured by the heterogeneous nature of these systems.