A research project conducted by the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung shows how biomass can be used as a raw material for chemical products instead of petroleum. The scientists have published ...

Researchers report that carboxylic acids, functional groups contained in biomolecules, drugs, and materials can be readily modified by light-induced organic reactions using an aminocyclopropenone.

Although olefins have the most richly developed reactivity and highest abundance (via the petrochemical industry), the diversity of alkyl carboxylic acid building blocks available is unmatched. If the ...