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Research Models Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Reaction to Improve Chemical Production

Polyisobutenyl succinic anhydrides are important for the auto industry because of their wide use in lubricant and fuel formulations.

18 Feb 2021

Chemists Develop New Method for More Sustainable Recycling of Plastics

The new method works without extremely high temperatures, is therefore more energy-efficient and has a significantly higher recovery rate than established processes.

18 Feb 2021

A New Approach to Find Optimal Composition of Multi-Element Catalysts

Finding the best material composition among thousands of possibilities is like looking for a needle in a haystack. An international team is combining computer simulations and high-throughput experiments to do this.

18 Feb 2021

Reproducible Small Scale Reaction Chemistry at Low Temperatures

Asynt has published a case study describing how the FroSyn Cooling Station has enabled John Bower’s Group at the University of Liverpool (UK) to reproducibly conduct low temperature enantioselective catalytic reactions, over an extended period of time.

From Asynt 18 Feb 2021

Novel Method to Synthesize Useful and Unique N-C Axially Chiral Compounds

Atropisomers are a class of stereoisomers (chemical compounds that differ in spatial arrangement of atoms) arising from restricted rotation around a single bond and have various applications in chemistry.

17 Feb 2021

Research Describes How to Speed Up Ion Transport in Narrow Pores

We live in modern times, that is full of electronics. Smartphones, laptops, tablets, and many other devices need electrical energy to operate.

17 Feb 2021

Chemistry of Superheavy Elements Could Help Explain Discrepancies in Periodic Table

The periodic table—an arrangement of the elements that helps identify and estimate the trends in their properties—is taught to all chemistry students.

17 Feb 2021

Chemical Reactions Occur 10,000 Times Faster at Air-Water Interface

Researchers from the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research have used an advanced method to show that a chemical reaction energized by light occurs 10,000 times quicker at the air-water interface—what is generally called the water surface—compared to the bulk of the water, even when the light has similar energy.

16 Feb 2021

Hydrogen Extraction Using Photocatalytic Composite Polymer Nanoparticles

Photocatalytic composite polymer nanoparticles have been used by researchers from Uppsala University to develop an eco-friendly method for extracting hydrogen for energy use from sunlight and water.

15 Feb 2021

New Catalytic Reactor Could Make Chemical Manufacturing More Sustainable

The Spinning Disc Mesh Reactor (SMDR), developed by University of Bath chemical engineers Dr Emma Emanuelsson-Patterson and Dr Parimala Shivaprasad, creates chemicals and APIs - Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, used to create all sorts of medicines - by reacting chemicals with enzymes on a spinning cloth-covered plate, like a vinyl record.

12 Feb 2021

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