The catalytic hydration of alkynes represents a cornerstone transformation in organic chemistry, enabling the direct conversion of carbon–carbon triple bonds into carbonyl functionalities under mild ...

Scientists have been naming ideas, theorems, discoveries, and so on after other scientists for a very long time (Newton’s laws of motion, anyone?). Chemists are no different. They’ve been naming ...

Organic chemistry is the study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation of carbon-containing compounds. Most organic compounds contain carbon and hydrogen, but they may ...

Click chemistry is a strategy for building molecules by snapping together two complementary chemical handles in a single, dependable step. Rather than relying on long multi-step syntheses, it uses a ...