When the first living organism came upon the radiant Sun on a young Earth, so began an process of evolution: blocking, countering and making use of this strong and potentially harmful source of energy ...

Researchers from the University of Regensburg under the lead of Prof. Dr. Burkhard König, from the Institute of Organic Chemistry, are now presenting a completely different way to synthesize complex ...

Continuous flow techniques have become important tools for molecular synthesis, both in academia and across the fine chemicals industry. The success of these methods has been in part due to their ...

This module explores the synthesis of amines with a focus on the reductive amination reaction. Numerous examples from the discovery and commercial manufacturing of pharmaceuticals are included. After ...

As an engineering plastic having high transparency and impact resistance, polycarbonate (PC) is employed in eyeglass lenses, camera lenses, DVDs, automobile headlights and bulletproof glass. The ...