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Ultrafast X-rays capture atomic movements in light-activated catalyst molecules
Catalysts facilitate crucial chemical reactions in nature and industry alike. In a subset of them, catalytic activity is ...
Ammonia made from air, water and sunlight: Catalysts mimic photosynthesis for cleaner production
Ammonia is a chemical essential to many agricultural and industrial processes, but its mode of production comes with an ...
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A smarter way to make sulfones: Using molecular oxygen and a functional catalyst
As a recent leap in green chemistry, scientists have unveiled a new catalyst that enables high yields of sulfones using molecular oxygen -- at close to room temperature. By fine-tuning the structure ...
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Photoredox/Nickel-Catalyzed Diastereoselective Allylation of Aldehydes with Morita–Baylis–Hillman Adducts
Alma Mater Studiorum-Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”, Università di Bologna, Via Gobetti 83, Bologna 40129, Italy Center for Chemical Catalysis - C3, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna ...
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Silver Oxide Reduction Chemistry in an Alkane Environment
Department of Advanced Fibers, Empa Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St Gallen CH-9014, Switzerland Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland ...