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 ...

Despite advances, a general olefination strategy for the direct conversion of carboxylic acids, alcohols and alkanes into alkenes remains challenging owing to their inherent differences in reactivity.

One of the simplest organic functional groups, the alkyne, offers a broad canvas for the design of cascade transformations in which up to three new bonds can be added to each of the two sterically ...