A new three-way bond-breaking and making mechanism makes the synthesis of five-membered rings easier than before.

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Scientists have discovered a way to predict the organization of nanoparticles in larger forms by treating them much the same as ensembles of molecules formed from standard chemical reactions. A team ...

Chemists at UCLA are showing that some of organic chemistry’s most famous “rules” aren’t as unbreakable as once thought. By ...

This module covers aldehydes and ketones as the substrates and products of redox reactions. Structure is explained with both Lewis structures and molecular orbitals to discuss mechanisms in the ...

Can be used to recap on rates of reaction or could lead into a classroom discussion on chemical changes and structures.