Molecular photoswitches that can both convert and store energy could be used to make solar energy harvesting more efficient. A team of researchers has used a quantum computing method to find a ...

An otherwise undesired by-product acts as a ligand for the reaction catalyst, resulting in improved reactivity and selectivity in the oxidation of dienes The palladium-catalysed 1,4-oxidation of ...

THIS method is regarded as the most promising yet adumbrated in that it reduces the problem of the synthesis of cholesterol or its stereoisomerides and analogous substances to the much simpler one of ...