Carboxylic acids are ubiquitous in bioactive organic molecules and readily available chemical building blocks. Carboxylic ...

The molecules are analogues of each other: HBAMPA is a phosphonic acid, and HBA is the corresponding carboxylic acid with an additional methyl group. Both compounds normally exist as zwitterions. In ...

MOTW update: September 25, 2023. Benzoic acid 1 is the simplest aromatic carboxylic acid and a commonly used preservative in foods and a snowflake mimic in holiday snow globes.. This past August, ...

PREVIOUS work on a cell-bound bacterial enzyme which catalyses a reversible enzymatic cleavage of benzyl penicillin to 6-aminopenicillanic acid (6-APA) and phenylacetic acid had shown that this ...

Succinic acid, once a biobased chemical star, is barely being made The fermentation-derived molecule, conceived in an era of high oil prices, became a victim of the shale revolution ...

S cientists and laypeople alike have long wondered why mosquitoes are more attracted to some people than others. Growing evidence suggests that a person's unique odor plays a large role in determining ...