Immobilizing small synthetic molecules inside protein crystals proves to be a promising avenue for studying intermediate compounds formed during chemical reactions, scientists report. By integrating ...

Kenneth F. Clark is in the Department of Early Chemical Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, SK10 2NA, UK. Chemical bonds result from the pairing of two electrons. One ...

Ángel Rentería-Gómez is in the Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77842, USA. Access to large libraries of analogues of drug candidates, with varied structural ...

Organic chemistry is the study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation of carbon-containing compounds. Most organic compounds contain carbon and hydrogen, but they may ...

Researchers report they have discovered a chemical reaction that might someday be used to process petroleum into useful compounds. For more than a decade in the middle of the 20th century, chemists ...

Constructing complex molecules from simpler ones is pivotal for the development of pharmaceuticals, materials science, and various scientific domains. But one reaction, known as the nucleophilic ...

A chemical reaction that gives flavour to cooked food may lock away millions of tonnes of carbon in the seabed each year. The process might even have helped create the conditions for complex life to ...