Thursday, September 17, 2026
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Iron, sulfur and purple light unlock greener carbon-carbon bond formation

Much of organic chemistry, including the type used to create and alter medicinal drugs, relies on modifying carbon bonds. Rice University's Julian West has been developing a less expensive, faster and more environmentally friendly way to catalyze these reactions, with a breakthrough published in the...

Iron, sulfur and purple light unlock greener carbon-carbon bond formation
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Much of organic chemistry, including the type used to create and alter medicinal drugs, relies on modifying carbon bonds. Rice University's Julian West has been developing a less expensive, faster and more environmentally friendly way to catalyze these reactions, with a breakthrough published in the journal Nature Catalysis.

Originally published at Phys.org

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