When chemists think of the neutral radical ammonium, few think of it as behaving like an alkali metal. However, in many ways, particularly its electronegativity, which can be transferred from compound to compound, it acts like a pseudo-atom akin to …
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Forget hyperneutrinos, we’re on pseudo-atoms now
Posted by David Bradley
on September 24, 2011
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Slinn Pickings – chemistry news
Posted by Robert Slinn
on June 11, 2011
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UW-Madison chemists devise better way to prepare workhorse molecules – Writing in the current online issue (June 9) of the journal Science, a team led by University of Wisconsin-Madison chemistry Professor Shannon Stahl reports a new, environmentally friendly way to …
Making fluorine reactions stick
Posted by David Bradley
on May 10, 2011
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Fluorine in organic chemistry is an important topic across the synthetic pharmaceutical, agrochemical and materials areas because switching out hydrogen atoms selectivity for this element allows chemists to tune the reactivity of specific groups within a given molecule. Now, chemists …
Six Slinn Picks – chemical news
Posted by Robert Slinn
on April 27, 2011
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Water molecules characterize the structure of DNA genetic material – Water molecules surround the genetic material DNA in a very specific way. Lignin cut down to size by nickel catalyst – A nickel-based homogeneous catalyst that breaks down lignin – …
Six Slinn Picks – chemical news
Posted by Robert Slinn
on April 6, 2011
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The ‘molecular octopus’: A little brother of ‘Schroedinger’s cat’ – For the first time, the quantum behaviour of molecules consisting of more than 400 atoms was demonstrated by quantum physicists based at the University of Vienna in collaboration with chemists …
Latest chemistry news
Posted by Robert Slinn
on March 4, 2011
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Novel nanosensor platform for direct detection of a cancer biomarker in blood – In a recent development, scientists in Spain have developed a rapid nanochannel-based immunoassay capable of the filtering and subsequent detection of proteins in whole blood without any …
