A copper conundrum has researchers reevaluating how some counterintuitive chemistry really works. Last year, Robert J. Phipps and Matthew J. Gaunt of the University of Cambridge generated excitement ...
WITH THE HELP OF a copper catalyst, researchers have circumvented the rules of electrophilic aromatic substitution, a fundamental reaction in organic synthesis. The advance enables substitution ...
Aromatic rings are among the most widely distributed and recognizable forms of terrestrial carbon. They are major constituents of plant lignin, petroleum, and many chemical commodities. The oxidation ...