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Furfural is converted into octane in high yields at relatively low pressures and temperatures with two bifunctional catalysts

Chelating Lewis acids prepared by double hydroalumination of dialkynylsilanes have improved flexibility for better coordination

Dispersed palladium nanoparticles can be highly active catalysts for the gasphase reaction of methanol oxidation

Transition metal-based analogues of frustrated Lewis pairs undergo reactivity not seen with their main group counterparts

Diagonal approach for the reductive functionalization of carbon dioxide combines two different approaches for the use of carbon dioxide

Mechanistic insights into roll-over cyclometalation may help develop new catalysts for the dehydrosulfurization of S-containing hydrocarbons

The crystal structures of three MgCl2•nEtOH adducts used as precursors for the generation of Ziegler–Natta catalysts have been solved

First hydrogenation of urea derivatives to amines and methanol is reported and opens the way for indirect CO2 hydrogenation

Plutonium's unusual interactions with clay may minimize leakage of nuclear waste