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Sustainable Chemistry students solve decades-old oxidation puzzle

A group of students has designed a new catalyst that can render important chemical processes more sustainable. Their catalyst can create selective peroxide-like reagents literally from thin air and uses those to oxidize alcohols to carbonyl compounds in a dual-action mechanism. Ref. Source 7n.

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One in five materials chemistry papers may be wrong, study suggests. Can companies rely on the results of one or two scientific studies to design a new industrial process or launch a new product? In at least one area of materials chemistry, the answer may be yes -- but only 80 percent of the time. Source 3e.

Chemistry 101 UFO & Writing Art Education Sciences

If you are a company and you are going to release some new process or product you best have your research team doing their jobs to make sure it is safe for humans and their pets.