Carbon capture and utilization technologies for the conversion of carbon dioxide into carboxylic acids have garnered attention recently, with researchers from Tokyo Tech recently demonstrating a ...

Alkenes represent one of the most abundant classes of organic molecules, which are available in bulk quantities from petroleum and renewable resources, with various utilization in agrochemistry, ...

Inspired by how plants transform carbon dioxide to carbohydrates in photosynthesis, researchers have developed an environmentally friendly reaction that adds the greenhouse gas to organic compounds, ...

The surface carboxylation of cellulose nanowhiskers (CNWs) prepared by hydrochloric acid hydrolysis was performed via the oxidation of the primary hydroxyl groups on the surface using mPEG2000-TEMPO, ...

A straightforward and environmentally friendly technique uses carbon dioxide to convert acidic C–H bonds in aromatic compounds into acid and ester groups. The reaction could make aromatic acids and ...

Two catalysts working in tandem enable inexpensive formate salts to perform difficult dearomative reactions, giving products potentially useful for drug development. Researchers at the Institute for ...