Figure 1: Overview of allylic amines synthesis and vinylation reactions. Given the unexpected and unusual coupling of ketimines with vinyl bromides in the absence of added catalyst, a synergistic ...

Direct oxidation of methane to methanol is dominated by transition- or noble-metal-based catalysts, thus making the reaction quite expensive. To make the process efficient and cost-effective, ...

An illustration of a person in a lab coat looking at a picket fence. The field is various elements, metals specifically. Credit: Chris Gash On a summer day about 20 years ago, Paul Chirik returned to ...

Catalysts play an indispensable role in modern manufacturing. More than 80% of all manufactured products, from pharmaceuticals to plastics, rely on catalytic processes at some stage of production.

(Nanowerk News) During a chemical reaction, molecules gain energy until they reach what’s known as the transition state — a point of no return from which the reaction must proceed. This state is so ...

Chemists have devised a technique that allows them to determine the structure of the transition state of a reaction by observing the products that result from the reaction. During a chemical reaction, ...