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

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

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

Chemists Just Broke a 100-Year-Old Rule and Say It's Time to Rewrite the Textbooks Oct. 31, 2024 — According to Bredt's rule, double bonds cannot exist at certain positions on organic molecules ...

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

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

Neil Garg is leading the charge to rewrite a fundamental principle that's been part of organic chemistry since 1924 -- ...

Scientists have proven that a fundamental rule of organic chemistry isn't as unbreakable as everyone thought. Here's what it ...

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 ...

Research on organic solar cells has been conducted for a long time. Recent advancements in understanding their molecular structures are now paving the way for the development of highly efficient ...

The work is “a landmark contribution”, says Craig Williams, a chemist at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.