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Efficient transition-metal-free Sonogashira-type coupling reaction

Photocatalytic activity enhanced up to three times by confining a catalyst within a compact nanoparticle environment

Pyrene-based o-trimethylsilyl triflates used to prepare pyrenylenes with up to ten-membered rings

Transition-metal-free, iodine-catalyzed process

Starting from the early alchemists we take a journey through time to examine how each of these chemists pushed the boundaries of what is possible

Replacing poly(ethylene glycol) with polysarcosine in micellar catalysis to make green chemistry greener

First example of a stable luminescent Müller's hydrocarbon

Diethyldiazabicyclohexene dicarboxylate can be used for intermolecular [4 + 2] cycloadditions