For most chemists, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), is the organization that gives elements their names and decides what terminology researchers should use in scientific ...

Palmitic acid, formally hexadecanoic acid, is a long-chain saturated fatty acid. It exists in nature primarily as a triglyceride and other esters. The most common natural fatty acid, it is abundant in ...

As you delve into the world of organic chemistry, you’ll encounter a vast array of compounds with unique properties and applications. Among these, alkanoic acids stand out as a fundamental class of ...

C-H activation-based method should speed drug molecule design and diversification. Scripps Research chemists have accomplished a long elusive feat in synthetic chemistry: the invention of a broadly ...

Scientists from Essen, Germany recently created a method for simultaneously analyzing fatty acids (FAs) and fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs). Scientists from Essen, Germany recently created a method ...

Perstorp AB (Malmö, Sweden) has launched new grades for carboxylic acids which are now available with 100% renewable, traceable mass balanced content and the market’s lowest product carbon footprint.

The catalytic hydrogenation of esters and carboxylic acids represents a fundamental and important class of organic transformations, which is widely applied in energy, environmental, agricultural, and ...

1 Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China 2 CAS Key Laboratory of ...