Scientists find a way to help make new reactions using a light bulb and few chemicals

摘要

Princeton scientists have discovered a way of stimulating organic molecules that they expect will prompt researchers to create materials from new kinds of chemical reactions.The method of catalysis,when used,could lead to groundbreaking kinds of drugs and agricultural chemicals and will provide a shortcut to standard multi-step methods of chemical production.The work,conducted by David MacMillan,the A.Barton Hepburn Professor of Organic Chemistry at Princeton,and David Nicewicz,a postdoctoral fellow,will appear in a special online edition of Science on Sept.4.