#chemistryviews — Public Fediverse posts

💬🧪 Behind the Science Interview with Lena Daumann and Jonathan Gutenthaler-Tietze, Germany: They discuss whether rare earth elements can mediate a prebiotic reaction network similar to the Krebs cycle, starting from glyoxylate and pyruvate

https://doi.org/10.1002/chemv.202500104

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #behindthescience #angewandtechemie

💬 🧪 Behind the Science Interview with Tonya Vitova, Stefanie Dehnen, and Wim Klopper (KIT): Covalent La–Bi Bonding in the f-/p-Block Cluster [(La@In₂Bi₁₁)₂Bi₂]⁶⁻
The work of them and their team is published in Angewandte Chemie

https://www.chemistryviews.org/covalent-la-bi-bonding-in-the-f-p-block-cluster/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #inorganicchemistry #kit #angewandgtechemie #gdch

💬 🧪 Behind the Science Interview with Magnus R. Buchner (Philipps-Universität Marburg): Sterics, Electronics, and Reactivity in Beryllium Phosphine Complexes

His and his team's work is published in ChemistryEurope, flagship journal of Chemistry Europe

https://www.chemistryviews.org/sterics-electronics-and-reactivity-in-beryllium-phosphine-complexes/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #inorganicchemistry #chemistryeurope #MarburgUniversity

🦠🔬 Corinne Lionne & Elise Kaplan (France) & colleagues discovered a new family of inhibitors that reverse aminoglycoside resistance in Enterococcus—a bacterium causing serious infections! 🚑💊

🎙️ In this #behindthescience interview, they share insights into their research 👇
🔗 https://buff.ly/3EfJusA

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemistryresearch #researcher #anibioticresestance

Electrochemical Cyclopropanation of Unactivated Alkenes:
Organo-mediated electrooxidative cyclopropanation using methylene compounds
https://www.chemistryviews.org/electrochemical-cyclopropanation-of-unactivated-alkenes/

#orgchem #cyclopropanation #chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews

Heavier Analogs of Dioxiranes and Trioxetanes:
Aluminadichalcogeniranes and aluminatrichalcogenetanes synthesized
https://www.chemistryviews.org/heavier-analogs-of-dioxiranes-and-trioxetanes/

#inorganicchemistry #chalcogens #chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews

The Smallest 3D Neutral Boron Cluster:
B₉ cluster characterized using photoionization efficiency (PIE) spectroscopy
https://www.chemistryviews.org/the-smallest-3d-neutral-boron-cluster/

#boronclusters #clusterchemistry #photoionization #inorganicchemistry #chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews

Europium(III)-Based Hybrid Lanthanide Scintillators for X-ray Imaging:
Synergistic interactions between dual organic ligands and lanthanide ions provide high radioluminescence and light yield
https://www.chemistryviews.org/europiumiii-based-hybrid-lanthanide-scintillators-for-x-ray-imaging/

#scintillators #europium #inorganicchemistry #chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews

🧪 Cláudio M. Nunes & Peter R. Schreiner discuss how electron-donating substituents can control quantum mechanical tunneling (QMT) reactivity—and why QMT deserves a place in general chemistry curricula

https://chemistryviews.org/tuning-quantum

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #Quantummechanicaltunneling #behindthescience #research

Aniello Palma discusses his recent #ChemistryEurope paper that describes the design principles of metallo-organic ligands applied to polyproline peptides, leading to the synthesis of a stable, stereoselective Pd lantern cage in water

https://chemistryviews.org/chiral-d-lantern-cage-synthesized-with-peptide/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #researcher #metalloorganic #research #behindthescience

🐭📺🔬🧪Turning research into must-see TV for kids!

Lena Daumann and Sophie Gutenthaler-Tietze share their rare earth element research + experiences filming for a popular German children’s show

> Check out their interview here: https://www.chemistryviews.org/bringing-rare-earth-research-to-childrens-tv/

#ScienceOutreach #STEM #chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #rareearthelements #inorganicchemistry #Research #Researchers #HHU #sendungmitdermaus

Magnetized Droplet Chains in Liquid Crystals

Varun Chandrasekhar, Jian Ren Lu, Ingo Dierking, University of Manchester, explore how ferrofluids, when dispersed in liquid crystals, form unique droplet chains with magnetic functionality

https://www.chemistryviews.org/magnetized-drolet-chains-in-liquid-crystals/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #behindthescience #researcher #researcherinterview #ferrofluid #liquidcrystal #magnetized

Triel Bonds: New Pathway to Pentacoordinate Carbon

Study provides the first evidence of a pentacoordinate carbon in a stable complex, offering insights relevant to chemical bonding and biological methyl transfer processes

https://www.chemistryviews.org/triel-bonds-new-pathway-to-pentacoordinate-carbon/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #research #behindthescience

Understanding Polymerization in Extraterrestrial Ices

How can complex organic molecules like paraldehyde be synthesized in extraterrestrial ices?

https://www.chemistryviews.org/understanding-olymerization-in-extraterrestrical-ices/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #research #behindthescience #extraterrestrial #physicalchemistry

A novel system that combines light-triggered hydrogen release from formic acid with enzymatic hydrogenation, enabling controlled chemical synthesis under mild conditions

https://www.chemistryviews.org/photocatalytically-triggered-hydrogen-release-for-enzymatic-synthesis/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #research #researcher #behindthescience

Exploring Nickel(II) Catalysts for Fluorinated Ether Formation

Xavi Ribas, University of Girona, explains in an interview how he together with colleagues conducted a mechanistic study that provides valuable insights for the future design of new F-containing bioactive fluorinated aryl-alkyl ethers

https://www.chemistryviews.org/exploring-nickel-ii-catalysts-for-fluorinated-ether-formation/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #research #behindthescience #scienceinterview #scientist #chemist #catalysis #nickelcatalysis

Beryllium Oxyfluoride Radicals OBeF and OBeF2 Synthesized

Triplet oxygen atom stabilized by interaction with a Lewis acid under low-temperature matrix-isolation conditions

https://www.chemistryviews.org/beryllium-oxyfluoride-radicals-obef-and-obef2-synthesized/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #research #InorganicChemistry #beryllium

First Si=B Analogue of a Vinyl Halide

Useful building block for difficult-to-access Si=B double bonded species

https://www.chemistryviews.org/first-sib-analogue-of-a-vinyl-halide/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #research #inorganic #InorganicChemistry

Can manganese photoredox catalysts enable efficient radical cross-coupling reactions?

https://www.chemistryviews.org/advanced-manganese-photocatalysts-with-boron-nhc-ligands/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #research #catalysis #manganese #InorganicChemistry

Rare Stable Fe(IV)-Superoxo Intermediate at Room Temperature

https://www.chemistryviews.org/rare-stable-feiv-superoxo-intermediate-at-room-temperature/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #InorganicChemistry #research

New Insights into the Photostability of Phenoxazines

Identifying the degradation products of phenoxazine in halogenated and non-halogenated solvents

https://www.chemistryviews.org/new-insights-into-the-photostability-of-phenoxazines/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #research #behindthescience #photostability #phenoxazine #degradation

Halogen Bonding in Polycyclic Aromatics

Quantum chemical calculations reveal how aromatic polycyclics of different sizes act as Lewis bases in halogen bonds, which is valuable for pharmaceutical drug

Behind the Science Interview with Steve Scheiner

https://www.chemistryviews.org/halogen-bonding-in-polycyclic-aromatics/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemiverse #QuantumChemistry #halogenbond #behindthescience #research

Can Large Language Models Predict Inorganic Syntheses?

Fine-tuned large language models (LLMs) found to perform similar to or better than specialized machine learning models for certain chemical tasks

https://www.chemistryviews.org/can-large-language-models-predict-inorganic-syntheses/

#LLMs #machinelearning #inorganicchemistry #chemistry #chemistryviews

Pain Relief Without the Usual Risks of Opioids

Screening of a chemical library of 40,000 natural products showed that aniquinazoline B, a fungal natural product, activates the µ-opioid receptor

Interview with Roxana Damiescu and Thomas Efferth from the University of Mainz about thier research

https://www.chemistryviews.org/pain-relief-without-the-usual-risk-of-opioids/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #research #behindthescience #unimainz

Electron Delocalization across a Carborane Bridge

Monoanionic cluster shows unprecedented communication between the boron centers of opposing substituents

https://www.chemistryviews.org/electron-delocalization-across-a-carborane-bridge/

#delocalization #carboranes #inorgchem #inorganicchemistry #chemistry #chemistryviews

Phosphanyl Phosphagermene Synthesized

New compound reacts with CO₂ and nitriles like a frustrated Lewis pair and with amines and metal complexes via 1,2-addition reactions

https://www.chemistryviews.org/phosphanyl-phosphagermene-synthesized/

#smallmoleculeactivation #maingroupchemistry #inorgchem #inorganicchemistry #chemistry #chemistryviews

A Unique Complex with a Mg–Be Bond

Formal Mg(II)–Be(0) complex with a significantly polarized bond

https://chemistryviews.org/a-unique-complex-with-a-mg-be-bond/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #berylliumchemistry #lowvalent #inorganicchemistry #inorgchem

In this interview, Subhash Garhwal, MIT, USA, discusses a highly enantioselective hydroformylation of vinyl arenes using Cu hydride catalysis and Zn triflate to produce enantioenriched α-aryl acetal products. These can be converted to aldehydes, alcohols, amines maintaining enantiomeric purity

https://doi.org/10.1002/chemv.202400053

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #research #hydroformylation #behindthescience

Machine Learning Approaches for Predicting Catalyst Performance
How relatively simple machine learning models can be found

Behind the science interview with @vossgroup

https://www.chemistryviews.org/machine-learning-approaches-for-predicting-catalyst-performance/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #research #behindthescience #machinelearning #catalysis

Behind the Science Interview: Bead-Mill Technology for Greener Paracetamol Synthesis

https://doi.org/10.1002/chemv.202400019

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #research #behindthescience #greensynthesis #Paracetamol

Behind the Science:
Generating Chemical Energy from Renewable Fuels with Semiconductors

Exposing GaAs photovoltaic devices to methanol fuel in the presence of an oxidizer leads to electricity generation by the device

https://www.chemistryviews.org/behind-the-science-generating-chemical-energy-from-renewable-fuels-with-semiconductors/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #research #behindthescience #researcherinterview #renewablefuel #fuelcell

Green Synthesis of 3,4-Unsubstituted Isoquinolones: Rhodium(III)-catalyzed C–H activation and annulation in ethanol

https://bit.ly/3s4PoXN

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #research #greensynthesis #synthesis #catalysis