Organic chemistry: A cure for catalyst poisoning

Farmer, Marcus E.
Baran, Phil S.

¹Marcus E. Farmer and Phil S. Baran are in the Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.

Published online 12 August 2015.

Nature 524(7564):p 164-165, August 13, 2015. | DOI: 10.1038/524164a

Compounds that are sensitive to the components of air are difficult to use in chemical reactions, requiring conditions that are tedious to set up. A simple, practical solution to this problem has finally been devised. See Letter p.208