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Chemistry World August 16, 2009 Tom Bond	Catalyst free carbon-carbon bond formation The method offers an environmentally friendly way to form one of the most important bonds in organic synthesis.
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Chemistry World July 9, 2012 Phillip Broadwith	'Molecular cobra' turns C-H to C=C A reagent developed by US chemists can selectively introduce synthetically useful C=C double bonds into unactivated carbon chains, guided by an activating group attached to a nearby oxygen or nitrogen atom.
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Chemistry World April 12, 2012 Simon Hadlington	Recruiting electrophiles for organic cross-coupling Chemists in the US have taken an unconventional approach to carbon cross-coupling and in doing so have potentially opened the door to the rapid and efficient synthesis of a wide range of organic compounds.
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Chemistry World April 10, 2008 Mark Peplow	'Pot-in-a-Pot' Technique Makes Impossible Cascade Reactions Easy A simple technique that nests a series of reaction vessels could help chemists avoid the tedium and expense of purifying organic compounds after each step of a long synthesis.
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Chemistry World August 11, 2010 Simon Hadlington	Non-metal-catalysed C-C coupling Chinese chemists have successfully coupled aromatic molecules without the use of a transition metal catalyst - something that people have been trying to do for years with little success.
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Chemistry World December 2, 2008 James Mitchell Crow	Just add air for cleaner carbon bonding UK scientists have found a new way to clip together organic molecules that could be the ultimate green approach to making carbon-carbon bonds
Chemistry World November 3, 2008 Simon Hadlington	Organic synthesis set for auto-pilot Peptides are routinely made by machines that couple together amino acid components. Could organic synthesis ever get this simple?
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Chemistry World July 16, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Strange vibrations Researchers in Taiwan have shown that in a relatively simple molecular system the induced vibrations can inhibit the breaking of the bond and slow the reaction down.
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