Multicomponent reactions allow for more bond-forming events per synthetic operation, enabling more step- and time-economical conversion of simple starting materials to complex and thus value-added ...
A team of Princeton University researchers has tinkered with the ligand design of an iron catalyst to overcome a long-standing reactivity barrier for coupling alkenes to make cyclobutanes. The ...
Creating rings, or carbocycles, with a six-carbon skeleton is an elementary exercise for synthetic organic chemists. Ask one how it’s done, and the chemist will inevitably point to the stalwart ...