In my previous video I described how to extract acetylsalicylic acid from Aspirin tablets. In this video, I will be hydrolyzing ester bond in the acetylsalicylic acid to form salicylic acid. Trader ...

Ester hydrolysis, a cornerstone reaction in organic chemistry, involves the breakdown of an ester molecule by water. Understanding the nuances of this process is crucial for various applications, ...

Rolls of brightly colored plastic. After it is used and discarded, polylactic acid could be used as a feedstock for making the amino acid alanine. Credit: Shutterstock One of the simpler amino acids, ...

While protein design is experiencing a period of rapid development and advancement, there’s one particularly challenging class of proteins that’s giving researchers a hard time: enzymes. Now ...

Centre for Membrane separations, Adsorption, Catalysis and Spectroscopy for sustainable solutions (cMACS), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium In order to deal with legacy additives in plastic waste streams, ...

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Scientists from Essen, Germany recently created a method for simultaneously analyzing fatty acids (FAs) and fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs). Scientists from Essen, Germany recently created a method ...

UNC-Chapel Hill chemist Alex Miller and Eastman scientist Javier Grajeda are leading a collaborative academic-industry team to identify more sustainable routes to elaborate basic building blocks of ...