Chemists at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung have developed a practical two-step method for alkylating alkenes via thianthrenation, addressing a long-standing synthetic challenge. This ...

Chemists have developed a straightforward method to convert common chemicals like carboxylic acids, alcohols, and alkanes directly into valuable alkenes. Chemists from the National University of ...

Highly substituted carbon-carbon double bonds are ubiquitous structural motifs in a wide range of compounds used for instance in optical applications, as pharmaceuticals or in organic synthesis ...

A strategy for the cobalt-hydride-catalysed enantioselective hydroalkylation of 1,1-disubstituted styrenes is demonstrated, enabling the efficient construction of chiral tertiary carbon centres at the ...

The selective conversion of alkenes into alcohols is a cornerstone of modern chemical synthesis, underpinning the production of pharmaceuticals, functional materials, and fine chemicals. However, ...