C&EN

2 unusual alkenes stretch the limits of molecular geometry

Cubene and quadricyclene are descended from cubane and quadricylane, both cage-shaped structures with bonds that are fairly ...
The Debrief

Defying Longstanding Chemical Rules, Chemists Have Engineered Exotic Molecules They Say Could “Benefit Our World”

UCLA researchers have violated Bredt’s rule, a century-old principle of organic chemistry, challenging our understanding of molecular shapes.
Science Daily

Scientists just overturned a 100-year-old rule of chemistry, and the results are “impossible”

Chemists at UCLA are showing that some of organic chemistry’s most famous “rules” aren’t as unbreakable as once thought. By ...

A year after undermining Bredt's rule, scientists make cage-shaped, double-bonded molecules that defy expectations

Organic chemistry is packed with rules about structure and reactivity, especially when it comes to making and breaking ...
Nature

Mechanistic, crystallographic, and computational studies on the catalytic, enantioselective sulfenofunctionalization of alkenes

The stereocontrolled introduction of vicinal heteroatomic substituents into organic molecules is one of the most powerful ways of adding value and function. Although many methods exist for the ...