Department of Chemistry News

A computational study of the reaction between a hydroxyl radical and a vinyl alcohol molecule shows that the reaction likely proceeds by one pathway at low temperature and a quite different pathway at high temperature Read More

If you are attending the Fall 2010 ACS National Meeting in Boston, MA, please join us for the U of MN Chemistry Alumni & Friends Breakfast!
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Professor Jiali Gao has received an IBM Faculty award for his research contributions in the development of novel quantum mechanical methods.
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Understanding how iron enzymes activate O₂ to break strong C-H bonds on the substrate.
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Three faculty have been elected to the 2010 class of ACS Fellows. Congratulations to Professors Tim Lodge, Chris Cramer, and Bill Tolman!

Research on embedding functional colloids in a thin film matrix, while keeping active sites on these particles accessible to other molecules.
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