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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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Enhancing the Thermal Stability of Organic Field-Effect Transistors by Electrostatically Interlocked 2D Molecular Packing | Chemistry of Materials - ACS Publications
State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry (SKLAOC), and Key Laboratory of Special Function Materials and Structure Design (MOE), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou ...
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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Activation of Aryl Thiocyanates Followed by Aryne Insertion: Access to 1,2-Thiobenzonitriles | Organic Letters - ACS Publications
Palladium-catalyzed activation of carbon–sulfur bonds allows aryne insertion into aryl thiocyanates to generate new C–SAr and C–CN bonds in one step. The readily available starting materials make this ...