- Scientists developed a new method using a dirhodium catalyst to make an inert carbon-hydrogen bond reactive, turning cheap and abundant hydrocarbon with limited usefulness into a valuable scaffold for developing new compounds — such as pharmaceuticals and other fine chemicals. https://news.emory.edu/features/2018/12/chemistry-catalyst/index.html 265 comments science
- For decades, chemists aspired to do controlled chemistry on carbon-hydrogen bonds, which are extremely strong. A new method to make an inert C-H bond reactive has just been published in Nature, which may change a cheap and abundant hydrocarbon into a valuable scaffold for developing new compounds. https://news.emory.edu/features/2018/12/chemistry-catalyst/index.html 4 comments science
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