Publication in Nature Chemistry for Ben Feringa

New method for forming carbon-carbon bonds: fast, efficient and in mild conditions.

Groningen chemists tame organolithium compound.

On Sunday 9 June 2013 a publication in Nature Chemistry appeared describing a breakthrough in the most essential chemical reaction for preparing molecules: the formation of carbon-carbon bonds. The article was written by the research group of the Groningen chemist Prof. Ben Feringa. The key to this discovery is palladium catalysis. This new method enables organolithium compounds to be used very efficiently in mild conditions, thereby allowing carbon fragments to bind directly with each other. The chemical method has created new possibilities for manufacturing medicines and advanced materials.

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