In this reaction, carbon is oxidised because it gains oxygen. At the same time, copper oxide is reduced because oxygen is removed from it.

How does one write a book entitled Redox Biochemistry and keep it at 300 pages? The difficulty stems from the fact that redox, an abbreviation for oxidation and reduction, is a term that commonly ...

An interdisciplinary team presents a new class of chemical compounds that can be reversibly oxidized and reduced. The compounds known as 'pyrazinacenes' are simple, stable compounds that consist of a ...

I was very concerned by the article “Cloudy Outlook for Sunscreen Market” in the Nov. 28, 2022, issue of C&EN (page 13). The danger of skin cancer and the benefits of sunscreens in preventing skin ...

For over a century, one of chemistry’s most important reactions has kept a secret. The Ullmann reaction, first discovered in the early 1900s, is widely used to link together molecules, helping ...