Benzoic acid, the simplest benzene-based carboxylic acid, has been known since the 16th century. One of its discoverers was the legendary clairvoyant Nostradamus. Its most common natural source is gum ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Carboxylic acids can carry out the same reactions as other acids, for example the reactions with metals and metal ...

Under microwave/thermolysis, carboxylic acids can couple with ... of β-galactopyranosyl isonitrile (7) with a protected aspartic acid under microwave condition in 30 min stereoselectively leads ...

The recent news that DSM and Roquette are dissolving their succinic acid joint venture may be the final chapter for a product that was once going to change the chemical industry but turned out to ...

But, while there are a few ways to make boronic acids and boronate esters, none are trivial. The method works on primary, secondary, and tertiary carboxylic acids, as well as peptidic and even ...