Buchler Glossary

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 was awarded jointly to Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan “for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis.”

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Alkynylation

Alkynylation is an addition reaction in organic synthesis where a terminal alkyne adds to a carbonyl group to form an...

Allylsilylations

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Aminohydroxylation

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