The removal of carboxyl groups and the release of alkyl radical fragments from the tight binding of carboxyl groups are one of the most interesting and promising directions in organic synthesis, ...

PREVIOUS observations in this laboratory concerning the content of free amino-acids in the silk gland of Bombyx mori seemed to indicate that silk alanine might be derived from phenylalanine. In order ...

Aliphatic acids—hydrocarbon chains with a carboxylic acid on one end—are everywhere. But unfortunately, they’re not much use to synthetic chemists. The saturated chain has only two carbon atoms that ...