Chemists have developed a straightforward method to convert common chemicals like carboxylic acids, alcohols, and alkanes directly into valuable alkenes. Chemists from the National University of ...

A dilute solution of bromine is added to samples of heptane and cyclohexene. The bromination reactions and mechanisms are compared. UV light splits the bromine molecule into two reactive radicals, ...

Chemists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a straightforward method to convert common chemicals like carboxylic acids, alcohols, and alkanes directly into valuable alkenes ...

Although many organisms respond to light, very few enzymes inside those organisms use light directly as an energy source for catalysis. Researchers now report a new light-driven enzyme: Christened ...

The questions in this quiz are suitable for GCSE chemistry students studying crude oil and hydrocarbons separating crude oil and cracking and alkenes. If you struggled with the quiz, don't panic - ...

The laminar burning velocities of 45 hydrocarbons have been investigated in a constant volume combustion vessel at elevated temperature and pressure. The mixtures are ignited in the center of a ...

The majority of our fuels and plastics are derived from oil. Crude oil can be separated into different fractions using fractional distillation. Combustion of fuels and the fire triangle A variety of ...

Although many organisms capture and respond to sunlight, enzymes - proteins that catalyze biochemical reactions - are rarely driven by light. Scientists have identified only three types of natural ...