General Characteristics The Swern oxidation is relatively clean and practical but also associated with such problems as the generation of carbon monoxide and dimethylsulfide and the requirement of ...
Monthly Archives: June 2014
#10: Professor Atsushi Wakamiya: Toward an efficient transformation of solar energy
Happy New Year everybody! I would like to take this opportunity to thank our loyal readers, and I hope you continue reading this interview series as well as Chem-Station this year. Starting this year ...
Corey-Bakshi-Shibata (CBS) Reduction
General Characteristics The asymmetric reduction of ketones catalyzed by the chiral oxazaborolidine (derived from proline) is called the Corey-Bakshi-Shibata (CBS) reduction. The reaction has a wide ...
Barton-McCombie Deoxygenation
General Characteristics The free radical-mediated deoxygenation of alcohol compounds after the formation of thiocarbonyl intermediates is known as the Barton-MacCombie deoxygenation. This reaction is ...
#9: Professor Makoto Yamashita: Aiming for a revolution in petrochemistry using homogeneous catalysts
A young chemist is introduced in interview #9 of this series. This interviewee is the youngest of all the Chem-Station interviewees thus far—please welcome Professor Makoto Yamashita. Recommended to ...
Monowave300, a new Microwave Reactor
Those reactions that just won’t proceed…Can’t I brute force this to go? If you’re pondering the above question, then there may be an interesting solution for you. On this post I’d like to ...
Photocaging of Carboxylic Acids: A Modular Approach
Szymanski, W.; Velema, W. A.; Feringa, B. L. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 2014. Early View. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201402665 Photocaged compounds are important tools for studying and regulating multiple ...
The “poison gases” inside you
What do you imagine when you hear the word “poison gases”? I suppose you thought about things such as chemical weapons and volcanic gases, which are dangerous and are substances that you would rather ...
Ruthenium Tetroxide (RuO4)
General Characteristics Ruthenium tetroxide is a very strong oxidizing agent capable of even oxidative cleavage of benzene rings and olefins. The reagent can therefore be thought of as an alternative ...
Robert Burns Woodward
Education and Experiences Awards and Honors 1945 John Scott Medal 1955 Baekeland Medal 1959 Davy Medal 1961 Roger Adams Award 1964 National Medal of Science 1965 Nobel Prize in ...