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Chemistry: Light broadens the scope of alkene synthesis

Chemists have developed a straightforward method to convert common chemicals like carboxylic acids, alcohols, and alkanes directly into valuable alkenes. Chemists from the National University of ...
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Highly enantioselective synthesis of γ-, δ-, and ε-chiral 1-alkanols via Zr-catalyzed asymmetric carboalumination of alkenes (ZACA)–Cu- or Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 111, No. 23 (June 10, 2014), pp. 8368-8373 (6 pages) Despite recent advances of asymmetric synthesis, the ...
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Light broaden the scope of alkene synthesis

Chemists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a straightforward method to convert common chemicals like carboxylic acids, alcohols, and alkanes directly into valuable alkenes ...
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Photoenzymatic synthesis of 1-alkenes and hydroxyl fatty acids by cascading a COF photocatalyst and P450 peroxygenases

This study is led by Prof. Dr. Shengying Li (State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University) and Ass. Prof. Dr. Biaobiao Zhang (School of Science, Westlake University). The team ...