Organic chemistry is the branch of chemistry focused on the study and manipulation of organic compounds, which are substances containing carbon atoms bonded with other elements like hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen among others. This field is fundamental to understanding the chemical basis of life and is pivotal in numerous industries including pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, and materials science. Organic chemists explore the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and synthesis of carbon-based compounds, ranging from simple molecules like methane to complex structures like DNA. In addition to playing a critical role in the development of new drugs and materials, organic chemistry also contributes to solving problems related to human health and the environment. Techniques such as spectroscopy and chromatography are commonly used in organic chemistry to analyze the composition of substances and understand their chemical behavior.
Boronic acid has been utilized in organic chemistry for decades, despite not being found in any living organism. ‘It gives rise to different chemical reactions…
For the first time, scientists have precisely characterized the enzyme styrene oxide isomerase, which can be used to produce valuable chemicals and drug precursors in…
Harnessing these molecules can significantly impact agriculture, pharmaceuticals, and electronics. Chemists at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering have successfully…
A mystery that has puzzled the scientific community for over 50 years has finally been solved. A team from Linköping University, Sweden, and Helmholtz Munich…
Life is complicated. What is true for our everyday existence also holds for the many complex processes that take place inside cells. Proteins are continuously…
Some molecules respond to external light pulses by changing their structure and holding certain states that can be switched from one to another. These are…
Scientists use everyday plastics to initiate innovative chain reactions, developing a method to recycle plastic waste and improve both safety and efficiency in the process….
For the first time, scientists have succeeded in transmitting an effect known as a domino reaction using redox chemistry. Domino reactions occur when the transformation…
New Compounds for Organometallic Chemistry – Sandwich Complexes in the Form of Rings Are Kept Together by Their Own Energy Sandwich compounds are special chemical…
An AI-based system succeeds in planning and carrying out real-world chemistry experiments, showing the potential to help human scientists make more discoveries, faster. In less…
Carnegie Mellon University’s AI system Coscientist successfully automated complex, Nobel-winning chemical reactions, marking a groundbreaking advancement in AI-driven scientific research and experimentation. A non-organic intelligent…
Organic synthesis is the art of creating molecules, where chemists craft molecules essential for pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and high-tech gadget materials, including those in smartphones. Think…
New tissue-equivalent materials developed at the University of Surrey could pave the way for a new generation of flexible X-ray detectors, with potential applications ranging…
Scientists from IOCB Prague are the first to describe the causes of the behavior of one of the fundamental aromatic molecules, azulene. This molecule has…
The finding has potential to open new directions in medicine, catalysis, and energy. Organometallic compounds, molecules made up of metal atoms and organic molecules, are…
Fragments of spherical ‘Buckyball’ molecules have stable electron-accepting ability with great practical potential. Researchers at Kyoto University in Japan have gained new insights into…
Scientists have developed a machine-learning algorithm that predicts electron energy levels in organic molecules. This breakthrough, trained on a database of over 22,000 molecules, could…
Newly synthesized organic molecules can be tuned to emit different colors depending on their molecular structures in crystal form. Molecular switches are chemicals with molecular…