Since their discovery in the 1950s, metallocenes—chemical compounds where a metal atom sits "sandwiched" between two carbon rings—have been at the heart of organometallic chemistry research, finding ...

A collaborative research team has discovered a new process for making anhydrides that promises improvements in costs and sustainability. UNC-Chapel Hill chemist Alex Miller and Eastman scientist ...

Scientists at UBC Okanagan have uncovered how plants produce mitraphylline, a rare natural compound with promising anti cancer potential. The team identified two enzymes that work together to build ...

The process by which fungi synthesize some of their most potent compounds has remained unclear for many years. This is especially true of cyclopentachromone, a key building block in fungal products ...

Society depends on chemistry far more than we consciously realize, from medicines to energy to electronics. However, chemistry is viewed with as much apprehension as gratitude, because of the ...

UNC-Chapel Hill chemist Alex Miller and Eastman scientist Javier Grajeda are leading a collaborative academic-industry team to identify more sustainable routes to elaborate basic building blocks of ...