Heterocycles, molecular rings found in many pharmaceuticals, have a reputation for stubbornly resisting modification. That is, in a heterocycle, heteroatoms of one type aren’t easily swapped for ...

Heterocycles make great drugs, but they tend to be lousy substrates for C–H activation, a class of reactions that transform traditionally inert C–H bonds into more useful moieties. The very same ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected 21 organic molecules in ancient Martian rocks, including nitrogen heterocycles—precursors to DNA and RNA—never before found on Mars. The discovery, made using a ...

LA JOLLA, CA—Ring-shaped chemical structures called saturated heterocycles are found in most FDA-approved drugs but are often difficult to create. Scripps Research chemists have just developed a ...

Phosphinines and phosphorus heterocycles continue to attract considerable attention due to their unique electronic properties and versatile coordination modes. At the heart of recent developments is ...

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed an electrochemical reaction manifold that promotes efficient nitrogen atom insertion into saturated carbocycles to access ...

Heterocycles make great drugs, but they tend to be lousy substrates for C–H activation, a class of reactions that transforms traditionally inert C–H bonds into more useful moieties. The very same ...