UCLA chemists have overturned a century-old rule in organic chemistry that limited molecular design by proving that ...

UCLA scientists just published a paper in the journal Science that disproves Bredt's rule, which has “constrained chemists ...

The researchers created several different anti-Bredt olefins by making silyl precursors and then carrying out an elimination ...

UCLA chemists have found a big problem with a fundamental rule of organic chemistry that has been around for 100 years—it's ...

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UCLA’s anti-Bredt olefins defy century-old chemistry rule Discovery enables new molecular designs for drug innovation ...

According to Bredt's rule, double bonds cannot exist at certain positions on organic molecules if the molecule's geometry deviates too far from what we learn in textbooks. This rule has constrained ...

Oct. 30, 2024 — Research provides a deeper understanding of precisely what is happening in organic solar cells as light is converted into electricity. Researchers developed a new method which ...

For the first time, chemists have made a class of molecules previously thought too unstable to exist, and used them to ...

Organic chemistry is the study of the synthesis, structure, reactivity and properties of the diverse group of chemical compounds primarily constructed of carbon. All life on earth is carbon-based ...