Carboxylic acids are ubiquitous in bioactive organic molecules and readily available chemical building blocks. Carboxylic acids can be converted into carboxy radicals that can initiate versatile ...

Polyamides are present in many different products, such as ropes for mountaineering, parachutes of nylon, and materials for 3D printing. Dicarboxylic acids are used as chemical building blocks for ...

A proline derivative reacts with an alkyl iodide to create a complex new molecule with a bond at a key stereocenter in red. A new cross-coupling reaction weds chiral carboxylic acids, such as proline ...