Water: the Solvent of Choice
Miscibility not required: chemical reactions "on water" faster than in organic solvents
17-May-2005 -
We all know what it means to put something "on ice", but what is a chemical reaction "on water"? This new expression has been coined by a team headed by K. Barry Sharpless, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize for chemistry, to describe reactions of organic substances that are not water-soluble, yet ...
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