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A new organometallic compound challenges a fundamental principle of textbook chemistry
For more than a century, the well-known 18-electron rule has guided the field of organometallic chemistry. Now, researchers at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), in collaboration with ...
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Edward Anders, Holocaust survivor and pioneering figure in cosmochemistry, 1926-2025
In the 1980s, the theory that dinosaurs were wiped out by a massive meteor that hit the Earth began to gain scientific ...
A new quantum dot photoreductant uses 99% less light energy for organic reactions
Chemists at the School of Science of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have recently made ...
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Entrainer Effect on Photochirogenesis in Near- and Supercritical Carbon Dioxide: Dramatic Enhancement of Enantioselectivity - ACS Publications
Diethyl ether added as an entrainer (cosolvent) to near- and supercritical CO2 significantly enhanced the enantioselectivity of photocyclization of 5,5-diphenyl-4-penten-1-ol sensitized by saccharide ...
JEE Main 2026 Exam Syllabus: Download NTA JEE Paper 1, 2 PDF; Check Exam Pattern
Syllabus: The NTA has put the official JEE Main 2026 Syllabus online on their website: jeemain.nta.nic.in. If you're planning ...
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Effect of Ordered Mesoporous Alumina on Mass Transfer to Enhance Dimethyl Ether Carbonylation of Shaped Mordenite Catalysts | Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Driven by the increasing global energy demand, developing efficient catalytic processes for sustainable ethanol production from dimethyl ether (DME) carbonylation has gained significant attention. To ...