Pesky pests can wreak havoc on plants by chewing leaves, boring into stems, and sucking sap from trees. Beyond the direct damage, they also spread harmful bacteria, viruses, and fungi that can infect ...

In the world of organic chemistry, nitrogen-containing organic compounds are ubiquitous, forming the backbone of ...

Diazoacetic acid esters are important intermediates in drug and agrochemical synthesis, but their preparation typically ...

A little-known tree from Brazil’s Atlantic Forest may hold a surprising weapon against COVID-19. Researchers discovered that ...

Green and Sustainable Chemistry can take up new challenges solving past, present and preventing future environmental burdens.

Two new skeletal editing techniques offer a way to create an array of nitrogen-containing rings. Nitrogen heterocycles are ...

Inorganic chemistry is concerned with the properties and behavior of inorganic compounds, which include metals, minerals, and organometallic compounds. While organic chemistry is defined as the study ...

Scientists don’t know the limits of chemical space—the collection of all possible molecules—but a new analysis concludes chemists have discovered new compounds in that space at an exponential rate ...

Medicinal chemistry, also known as pharmaceutical chemistry, is a branch of chemistry focused on the development of new drugs and the improvement of existing ones. It is an interdisciplinary field ...

Scientists say medium-chain chlorinated paraffins were detected in air samples from north-central Oklahoma, though current ...