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

Streamlining the synthesis of valuable amines, researchers present a new method that can selectively insert nitrogen into specific carbon–hydrogen bonds. According to their study, the approach could ...

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

University of Chicago scientists are studying two possible ways to easily replace a carbon atom with a nitrogen atom in a molecule. Doing so would mean a huge breakthrough in pharmaceutical chemistry, ...

Ammonia (NH 3) is vital for agriculture, as it is the basis for fertilizers that are needed to feed the world's population. Currently, ammonia is mostly produced by the Haber-Bosch process, which ...

Chemists offer two new methods to develop a way to easily replace a carbon atom with a nitrogen atom in a molecule. The findings could make it easier to develop new drugs. For years, if you asked the ...

Nitrogen is a critical limiting element for plant growth and production. It is a major component of chlorophyll, the most important pigment needed for photosynthesis, as well as amino acids, the key ...

Bacteria are only the only organisms that are able to 'fix' nitrogen, or remove it from the atmosphere and convert it into a useful form. While some plants seem to fix nitrogen, it is actually ...

Several of the newly identified molecules are considered foundational to life’s chemistry.

For years, if you asked the people working to create new pharmaceutical drugs what they wished for, at the top of their lists would be a way to easily replace a carbon atom with a nitrogen atom in a ...