Researchers report that carboxylic acids, functional groups contained in biomolecules, drugs, and materials can be readily modified by light-induced organic reactions using an aminocyclopropenone.

C-H activation-based method should speed drug molecule design and diversification. Scripps Research chemists have accomplished a long elusive feat in synthetic chemistry: the invention of a broadly ...

Although olefins have the most richly developed reactivity and highest abundance (via the petrochemical industry), the diversity of alkyl carboxylic acid building blocks available is unmatched. If the ...