A team of chemists at the University of Cambridge has developed a powerful new method for adding single carbon atoms to molecules more easily, offering a simple one-step approach that could ...

When plastics break down they release simple carbon compounds. These are chemically distinct to the carbon compounds released as organic matter, like leaves and twigs break down, the researchers ...

The Carbon Compounds: a Text-book of Organic Chemistry. By Prof. C. W. Porter. Pp. ix + 494. ... and the ketones are dealt with before even the simple monobasic acids.

Canola seedlings can take up acetate, a simple organic carbon compound that researchers have made from carbon dioxide and water using solar electricity. But so far only algae, ...

Carbon 60 (C60) was an exciting find when it was discovered back in 1985. In fact, the scientists who found it were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for the discovery.

A team of chemists at the University of Cambridge has developed a powerful new method for adding single carbon atoms to molecules more easily, offering a simple one-step approach that could ...