New class of Reagents for Alkynylation and Cyanation
Scientists from the University of Göttingen developed novel reagents to attach terminal C-C or C-N triple bonds to organic molecules. These novel, sulfur based reagents have two striking advantages over the widely used EBX based reagents: They do not suffer from being potentially explosive but still show high alkynylation rates with yields up to 90% and the reduced reactivity allows for selection of alkynylation sites in one molecule.
New antibiotics that are degradable in the environment
New antibiotics that are degradable in the environment Scientists at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg developed cleavable antibiotics based on fluoroquinolones by targeted changes of the molecular structure. As a result, the environmental degradability can be improved and the antibiotics can be inactivated rapidly after application. The present invention thus enables a balance between degradability […]