Environmentally friendly production of ketones

28.05.2019

Chemists at the University of Vienna develop new synthesis method

Finding new methods in organic synthesis forms the basis for progress in pharmaceutical drug development, materials science and chemical biology and thus plays a central role in our everyday lives. A research team from the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Vienna has now succeeded in developing a new method for the synthesis of ketones. The results were recently published in the journal "Nature Communications".

Press release in German: Ketone umweltfreundlich erzeugen (27. Mai 2019)

"A Redox-Neutral Synthesis of Ketones by Coupling of Alkenes and Amides”: Jing Li, Rik Oost, Boris Maryasin, Leticia González, Nuno Maulide
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10151-x