Using a palladium catalyst to pluck hydrogen from cyclohexanones and cyclohexenones, chemists have developed an environmentally friendly route to substituted phenols (Science, DOI: ...
UPTON, NY--Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a new way to regulate the production of phenols, a class of plant products with a wide range of ...
Whether it’s in a drug candidate or an agro­chemical, transforming a milquetoast C–H bond into a reactive C–OH opens a world of possibilities for making more varied and complex molecules. To do this ...