Industrial chemistry – Page 6
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FeatureThe nanocoatings holding back corrosion
Corrosion is an age-old problem, but some of the latest solutions are distinctly 21st century. Rachel Brazil reports
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FeatureCombining homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis
Can you make a catalyst that has the stability and recyclability of a heterogeneous one with the selectivity of a homogeneous one? Rachel Brazil talks to the scientists finding out
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FeatureSolvents and sustainability
Organic solvents make up a huge part of the waste from the chemical industry. Clare Sansom looks at efforts to reduce the loss or replace them entirely
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ResearchSolving the crystal maze
Workflow swaps gut feelings for data when designing continuous crystallisation processes
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ArticleDriving pharmaceutical innovation
Making drugs is neither easy nor cheap – but catalysts, flow chemistry and a knowledge of intermolecular interactions can help
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ResearchAlternative pathway to phosphorus compounds skips white phosphorus
Intermediate opens way to making pesticides and flame retardants with novel silicon–phosphorus anion
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Research1500 reactions per day go with the flow
Automated flow chemistry system puts high-speed spin on drug discovery
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PodcastTEMPO – (2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl)oxyl
Katrina Krämer speaks to organic chemist Daniel Allwood about a multi-talented molecule that proves that not all radicals live up to their name
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OpinionChanging the reproducibility rulebook
It pays to know when taking shortcuts is acceptable, and which it’s safe to take
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PodcastAluminium chloride
Brian Clegg becomes a sleuth to investigate the uses of a deceptively simple Lewis acid
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OpinionBeyond buckets and batches
Embracing flow chemistry means leaving behind some faithful friends
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FeatureCO2 recycling – an uphill struggle
James Mitchell Crow explains how chemists are turning a problematic greenhouse gas into commercially useful molecules, at industrial scale
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PodcastPhosphorus chlorides
A hugely useful group of compounds that have a distinct dual personality
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Podcasttert-Butyl lithium or t-BuLi
A pyrophoric reagent that remains one of chemistry’s staples and the liquid salts that can tame its wild reactivity
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PodcastChlorine trifluoride
Tabitha Watson introduces a poisonous, corrosive and extremely reactive compound that will start ‘roaring reactions’ with almost anything
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OpinionMake room for randomness in drug development
Setting free the dark horses sometimes beats the most rational planning
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OpinionWhat's holding back continuous manufacturing?
Despite manay advantages, the move to flow chemistry in fine and speciality chemicals is slow