Carbon–bismuth bonds reveal that relativity blurs the textbook line between sigma and pi bonds

Brown University chemists have provided direct evidence that upends the textbook explanation of how triple chemical bonds ...

Chemists capture structure of the elusive borylnitrene trapped in a crystal using X-ray

Nitrenes are the ghosts of synthetic chemistry, formed in an instant and gone just as quickly, rearranging into something ...

Rare colorless carotenoids emerge as multifunctional ingredients for beauty and health

Colorless carotenoids are naturally occurring compounds found in many fruits and vegetables, and are the biosynthetic ...
University of Nevada, Reno

New discovery reveals hidden chemicals shaping wildfire recovery

Alyssa Radakovich, Frank Yang and colleagues identify around 200 potential quinones in burned plant material, advancing ...

Invisible threads: How our environment quietly shapes disease

From the air we breathe to the food we eat, we are constantly exposed to thousands of chemicals—yet how these exposures affect our health has remained surprisingly difficult to understand. A new study ...
C&EN

A simpler way to make rotaxanes

For decades, chemists believed that assembling rotaxanes required carefully designed molecular recognition between a ring and ...
Brown University

Einstein’s relativity rules chemical bonds in heavy elements, new research shows

Researchers have shown the first direct experimental evidence that the textbook triple bond structure breaks down in heavy elements, where relativity makes the rules. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown ...