Bifunctional catalyst can generate lactones with new carbon-bromine bonds with high enantioselectivity for natural product synthesis

Crystal of iron-aluminium compound could replace a palladium catalyst, reducing the cost of plastic production

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Clean and efficient production of biodiesel and glycerol from soybean and microbial lipids

A mild photooxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides is achieved with a riboflavin derivative and LED visible light irradiation

Water-soluble electrochemical catalyst based on a copper–bipyridine complex that can oxidize water to oxygen

Direct redox-triggered carbon-carbon coupling sets stage for development of catalysts that exhibit enhanced stereoselectivities

Insights into the process which converts carbon dioxide into methanol could make it possible to recycle greenhouse gas

Titania hollow spheres with a hierarchical macroporous channel structure demonstrate excellent photocatalytic performance