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When the alkali metals react with the different halogens (Group 7 of the periodic table), the group of compounds formed are known as the alkali metals halides. Due to the fact that there are a ...

Methyl halides are molecules that incorporate carbon atoms and three hydrogen atoms attached to a halogen atom such as ...

Zhong et al. now extend the scope of deracemizations to alkyl halides — compounds that contain carbon–halogen bonds, in which the halogen atom is typically a chlorine or a bromine atom.

The James Webb Space Telescope could potentially detect signs of life on alien 'hycean' ocean worlds, possibly the most common life-bearing planets in our galaxy.