Carbon-carbon bond formation is a basic reaction in organic chemistry, which builds the carbon skeleton in organic molecules. A vast number of carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions have been developed ...
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Fine-tuned Supramolecular Polymerization
A class of polymeric materials called supramolecular polymers is drawing an attention in recently years. In contrast to “conventional” polymers, which consist of covalently linked monomeric units, ...
The Progress of Olefin Metathesis: Can It Handle Every Functional Group Now?
In January 2015, Yves Chauvin, the French chemist who was the first to propose the reaction mechanism of olefin metathesis, passed away. For his contribution, he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry ...
Hexaarylbenzenes (HAB) can be prepared at will through programmed synthesis
2015 marks the 150th anniversaries of seminal discovery by Kekulé that benzene nucleus are cyclic. [1] This year is also 190th since the first report of benzene by Faraday in 1825. Benzene ...
The Divide Between Science and Education (Part 1 of 2)
Jingle bells, jingle bells… Yep, Christmas is approaching. In sunny (well, mainly rainy these days) Singapore, I am dreaming of a white Christmas. The dream will probably not come true but it ...
Preventing Accidents: Strategies and Attitudes
It’s been some time since the start of the new semester. I suppose the Seniors who were newbies in their respective labs not too long ago have become accustomed to lab life. This is a trying ...
A big step towards building the ultimate nanodevice: Rapid electron transfer through molecular wires
How many of you are aware with Moore’s law? This law states that the number of transistors in integrated circuits doubles about every two years. It has been said that this increment is ...
Turn-on Phosphorescence by Metal Coordination to a Multivalent Terpyridine Ligand: A New Paradigm for Luminescent Sensors
A, Fermi.; G, Bergamini.; M, Roy.; M, Gingras.; P, Ceroni.; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 , 6395–6400. DOI: 10.1021/ja501458s A hexathiobenzene molecule carrying six terpyridine (tpy) units at the ...
The Nobel Prize Medal in Chemistry
October is the month where excitement runs through the science community, as people look forward to hearing the announcement of winners for the Nobel Prizes. Each year, Chem-Station staff writes an ...
How glow sticks are made
Glow sticks contain chemical substances, which emit light when they are mixed together. This phenomenon is called chemiluminescence. Glow sticks are known under the product names such as Cyalume and ...