Alcohols are among the most abundant building blocks in chemistry. Fluorinated compounds, meanwhile, are essential for many modern medicines, crop protection products and advanced materials.

Binghamton University chemists have discovered a new mechanism that could potentially lead to quicker outcomes in pharmaceutical research.

The transformation is a riff on the Appel reaction, which turns alcohols into alkyl halides but until now had been incapable ...

Rice University chemists have found a new way to make neodymium, a rare-earth metal, interact with oxygen. Using a specially ...

A surprise cyclisation offers a generalised route to heavily substituted tetrahydrofuran (THF) units. The stereoselective reaction combines simple building blocks to construct the densely ...

The new discovery suggests that sugar, essential to life on Earth, may have come from space.

Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have developed a new method that makes the oxidation of alcohols easier to control and more sustainable. Alcohol oxidation is important both for ...

Alcohol can feel deeply entwined in our lives. A beer or glass of wine while catching up with friends. A cocktail at the end of a hard day. A round of toasts at a party. It’s hard to believe that such ...

Worse hangovers, more headaches — you’re not just imagining it. An aging body handles alcohol differently. Ask Well Worse hangovers, more headaches — you’re not just imagining it. An aging body ...

(NEXSTAR) – The new U.S. dietary guidelines, unveiled to the public on Wednesday, include an upside-down food pyramid, lots of protein and a new take on alcohol consumption. The updated 2025-2030 ...

A startling shift has occurred in the United States—from use of alcohol to use of cannabis, THC, and cannabis-infused beverages. The percentage of drinking adults in the US has been dropping since ...