Hydrocarbon feedstocks currently are extracted from petroleum reserves in the ground and combusted to generate energy. They are transported easily as liquids, but are non-renewable and their comb...
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Because water vapor is the only emission when hydrogen is burned as fuel, hydrogen holds great promise as a future “green” energy source. However, while hydrogen itself is an environmental...
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Unnatural polymers that contain β- and γ-amino acids are known as "foldamers." These foldamers form long-lasting, predictable structures that are very stable and resistant to prot...
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Many of the compounds used in drug discovery by pharmaceutical companies are glycosylated, bacterial secondary metabolites. A glycosylated metabolite consists of a central core structure (aglycon) and...
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Alkanes produced from carbohydrates could provide a renewable source of transportation fuel to complement the rapidly growing production of bio-diesel from vegetable oils and animal fats.
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Ligand-metal bifunctional catalysts have revolutionized hydrogenation chemistry. These catalysts are highly active and selective at reducing aldehyde, ketone and imine species with unsaturated multipl...
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Oligomers and polymers comprised of beta-amino acids, known as beta-peptides, can adopt stable secondary structures that mimic natural peptides. These non-natural compounds are resistant to enzymatic ...
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