Iron catalyst drives asymmetric 1,6 addition of aliphatic Grignard reagents to α,β,γ,δ-unsaturated carbonyl compounds

Scientists at the Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo) have successfully realized the highly selective asymmetric 1,6 ...

Resilient Protection: How Aliphatic Polyurethane Paint Manufacturers are Redefining Industrial Durability

JIANGMEN, GUANGDONG, CHINA, January 15, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The global industrial coatings landscape is ...
Nature

The road less travelled to amination

Intramolecular aliphatic C–H amination reactions are greatly sought-after for the synthesis of N-containing heterocycles, but current methods require the use of highly activated nitrogen sources. Now, ...
C&EN

Strong, aliphatic C–H bonds succumb to direct arylation

While many chemistries have been developed to incite C–H bonds to react, certain types of aliphatics stubbornly resist such transformations. Now, chemists at Princeton University and Merck & Co. have ...
C&EN

Adding two functional groups to an aliphatic alcohol in one shot

Aliphatic alcohols are cheap, widely available, and very stable building blocks for chemical synthesis and drug discovery. Now, a team of chemists has found a way to add functional groups to them in ...
EurekAlert!

Separating the wheat from the chaff – molecular sorting machines

How can aromatic compounds be separated from so-called aliphatic compounds efficiently without having to rely on energy-intensive processes? In the scientific journal Angewandte Chemie (Applied ...
Acsh.org

ACSH Explains: What's The Story On Cyclic Aliphatic Bromides Cluster (HBCD)?

The EPA must evaluate the risk of existing chemicals and has selected the first 10 for review. As part of our role, the American Council on Science and Health is producing risk-based evaluations of ...