Wednesday, 9 December 2020

Team discovers light-driven catalyst forms olefins for drug, agrochemical manufacturing

Inspired by light-sensing bacteria that thrive near hot oceanic vents, synthetic chemists at Rice University have found a mild method to make valuable hydrocarbons known as olefins, or alkenes.

source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-team-light-driven-catalyst-olefins-drug.html