When the first isolable carbenes were discovered a quarter-century ago, the reactive chemical species were considered laboratory curiosities. Not anymore, according to carbene specialists at the ...

Chemists have developed a novel way to generate a variety of highly useful chemical building blocks by harnessing metal carbenes, suggests new research. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

Using a clever combo of iron and radical chemistry, scientists have unlocked a safer, faster way to create carbenes molecular powerhouses key to modern medicine and materials. It s 100x more efficient ...

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Carbenes are short-lived compounds containing a highly reactive carbon atom, which makes them difficult to study. A stabilized derivative may lead to new magnetic materials. Studying unstable carbon ...

Chemists can easily convert diazo compounds to carbenes or metal carbenes, which can then go on to participate in a wide range of powerful insertion chemistry. But diazo compounds can also explode ...