Methyl halides—organic compounds in which a methyl group is bound to a halogen atom (typically chlorine, bromine or iodine)—play a pivotal role in atmospheric chemistry, most notably in stratospheric ...

Multiferroic compounds have the potential to be energy-efficient information storage devices, but it has been difficult to realize the simultaneous control of multiple ferroic orders. Researchers ...

IN the course of investigations on the reduction of metal halides by atomic hydrogen, using apparatus previously described 1,2, I have found that the halides of lithium, sodium, potassium and caesium ...

Halides hold promise for improving the performance of catalysts used in carbon dioxide conversion. A team of scientists has examined the recent progress and challenges related to halides, and provided ...

What can methyl halides, which are gases that consist of one carbon and three hydrogen atoms while being attached to a halogen atom, help scientists identify life beyond Earth? This is what a recent ...

Hydrogen fluoride (HF) is an extremely toxic, corrosive gas and liquid. As the lightest of the hydrogen halides, it has a surprisingly high boiling point, higher even than that of hydrogen iodide. The ...

One of organic chemists’ dirty little secrets, says Boston College’s Amir Hoveyda, is how hard it is to make alkenyl halides, a motif that features a halide attached to a double bond. “We use them all ...