Rice chemists create eco-friendly method to make chlorine-based materials for drugs and chemicals (IMAGE)

Rice University

Rice chemists create eco-friendly method to make chlorine-based materials for drugs and chemicals

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Led byJulian West, researchers developed a photocatalytic process that uses iron and sulfur catalysts activated by mild blue light to add chlorine atoms to organic molecules.

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