Purdue University

Organic Chemistry Functional Group Playing Cards

To help students learn to recognize common organic functional groups when given chemical formulas and names, students can use an organic chemistry functional group playing card deck to play any card ...
C&EN

Adding two functional groups to an aliphatic alcohol in one shot

Aliphatic alcohols are cheap, widely available, and very stable building blocks for chemical synthesis and drug discovery. Now, a team of chemists has found a way to add functional groups to them in ...
Nanowerk

Surface Functionalization: Tailoring Nanomaterial Properties for Diverse Applications

Diagram showing the functionalization of a metal oxide nanoparticle with various organic molecules, including trimethoxysilane, amine, phosphonic acid, carboxylic acid, dopamine, and cysteine. This ...
JSTOR Daily

Different functional feeding groups of mangrove soil molluscs invoke unique co-occurrence patterns in response to a climate extreme

Aim: Due to differences in community functional traits and composition, the response of communities to environmental changes can be variable, and thus an understanding of the mechanisms underlying ...