Rubidium (Rb) and cesium (Cs), prized for their distinctive chemical properties, play crucial roles in high-tech industries 1,2,3,4. Salt lake brines represent a significant source of Rb and Cs 5,6, ...
Scripps Research chemists have extended a powerful molecule-building method—called C-H activation—to the broad class of chemicals known as alcohols. The synthetic chemistry feat, reported in Nature on ...