First commercial deployment of synthetic biology for medicine has modest impact.
Highlights
C&EN: A shocking way to produce hydrogen from plastic waste
21 September 2023Flash Joule heating converts polymers into low-cost hydrogen and graphene.
C&EN: Catalyst persuades alcohols to offer a helping hand for C-H activation
11 September 2023Tailored ligand on palladium catalyst uses hydrogen bonding to orchestrate reaction.
Nature Biotechnology: ‘Clicked’ drugs: researchers prove the remarkable chemistry in humans
05 July 2023Bioorthogonal click chemistry is being used in patients to help target cancer medicines and diagnostic imaging agents.
C&EN: Medicinal chemistry methods miniaturized for high-throughput experimentation
03 July 2023Researchers redesign 4 workhorse reactions to run in microliter droplets.
C&EN: Diberyllocene is a Be–Be king
16 June 2023First solid compound to contain a beryllium-beryllium bond could unlock unusual chemistry.
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