A reaction product crystallises: the new method developed by chemists in Vienna uses migrating positive charges to trigger chemical reactions with pinpoint accuracy at previously hard-to-reach sites on a molecule. (IMAGE)

University of Vienna

A reaction product crystallises: the new method developed by chemists in Vienna uses migrating positive charges to trigger chemical reactions with pinpoint accuracy at previously hard-to-reach sites on a molecule.

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The method of 'cation sampling' allows carbon-hydrogen bonds (C–H bonds) to be specifically modified.

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Milos Vavrík

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