Chemistry

Scientists from Hiroshima University and AIST in Japan engineered the bacterium Moorella thermoacetica to produce a volatile chemical at high temperatures from gaseous substrates. It…

Diazomethane is a highly valuable and versatile organic chemistry building block. It is the chemical compound CH2N2, which was discovered in 1894 by German chemist…

Iodine is a chemical element with the atomic number 53 and the symbol I. It is a naturally occurring element that can be found in…

The aryl magnesium halide phenylmagnesium bromide, having the simplified formula C6H5MgBr, serves as a Grignard reagent. It’s an organometallic chemical that contains magnesium. It’s sold…

Phenylboronic acid, also known as benzeneboronic acid, is a boronic acid that is derived from a boronic acid. It is written as PhB(OH)2, where Ph…

The organoboron chemical trimethyl borate has formula B(OCH3)3 and is a water-white liquid. It’s denser than water and has heavier vapors than air; it’s used…

Sodium amide, also known as sodamide, is an inorganic compound with the formula NaNH2. It’s a salt made up of sodium cation and azanide anion.…

Lithium amide, also known as lithium azanide, is an inorganic compound with the formula LiNH2. It has a tetragonal crystal structure and is white. Lithium…

Sodium borohydride is a white to off-white fine crystalline powder or lump that is also known as sodium tetrahydridoborate and sodium tetrahydroborate. It has the…

LAH, or lithium aluminum hydride, is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula LiAlH4. It’s a dark grey solid. Finholt, Bond, and Schlesinger discovered it…

Lithium borohydride (LiBH4) is a powerful reducing agent that can convert esters to alcohols and primary amides to amines in a combination of methanol and…

Lithium aluminate (LiAlO2), also known as lithium aluminum oxide, is an inorganic chemical compound that is a lithium aluminate. Lithium aluminate is used as a…