THE well-known synthesis of polypeptides from N-carboxy-α-amino-acid anhydrides has been extensively used recently for preparative purposes, but the mechanism of the reaction has received ...

These previously uncharacterized acid sulfuric anhydride products are almost certainly key contributors to atmospheric new particle formation and a way to efficiently incorporate carboxylic acids ...

Almost a century later, Eugene E. van Tamelen* and Socrates P. Pappas at the University of Wisconsin (Madison) reported the synthesis of Dewar benzene. They began with cis -1,2-dihydrophthalic ...