Multi-titanium hydrides can selectively snip the strong structural bonds of stable organic molecules called pyridines, RIKEN researchers have shown. This discovery could guide designing catalysts for ...

Prediction of crystal structures of organic molecules is a critical task in many industries, especially in pharmaceuticals and design of functional materials. In pharmaceuticals, crystal structures ...

Chemists have developed an efficient skeletal editing method for frequently used heteroaromatic structures. The technique could serve as a means to chemically modify biologically active compounds.

Skeletal editing is a modern approach to chemical synthesis. By making precise alterations at the atomic level, researchers are able to directly convert existing drug scaffolds into new, biologically ...

Using NASA’s Curiosity rover, researchers analyzed pulverized rock samples and discovered the largest organic compounds ever detected on Mars. These compounds—decane, undecane, and dodecane—are ...

A team has shown that artificial photosynthesis is feasible using organic materials. Using the technique, they successfully synthesized useful organic compounds, including pharmaceutical materials, ...

The Outokumpu borehole from above. It is a 2,516-meter deep vertical window, 22 cm in diameter, to crystalline bedrock dating back 1.9 billion years. Credit: Riikka Kietäväinen Volatile organic ...

Organic compounds such as amino acids, nucleobases, and ammonia, along with minerals formed in saltwater, have been identified. The findings suggest that the necessary conditions for life may have ...

Abstract: The investigation of the nonlinear optical properties of highly conjugated organic and organometallic compounds and self-assembled photonic structures is rapidly expanding and holds ...