A research team has analyzed the structure of six natural products from an Australian shrub, Cryptocarya laevigata. The compounds contained a spiro[3.5]nonane moiety -- cyclohexene sharing a single ...

Lightning and volcanos both produce glass, and humans have been making glass from silicon dioxide since prehistory. Industrialization brought us boron-based glasses, polymer glasses and metallic ...

Defined as neutral compounds containing a divalent carbon atom with a six-electron valence shell, carbenes are an intriguing class of carbon-containing compounds. Their incomplete electron octet and ...

The identification and quantification of both commercial (paints, coatings and fossil fuels) and naturally occurring VOCs has become an essential part of analytical chemistry. Volatile organic ...

Explore how boron compounds are revolutionising drug development with new stable boron-fluorine compounds for better ...

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) represent a class of organic chemicals that demonstrate a remarkable tendency to vaporize at room temperature, thus facilitating their rapid evaporation into the ...

Kanazawa - The botanical world can be an exciting place for chemists. Plant species produce a beautiful array of organic molecules with complex structures, often of great practical use. Indeed, this ...