In the world of organic chemistry, nitrogen-containing organic compounds are ubiquitous, forming the backbone of pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, dyes, and functional materials. To build these ...

Chemists can easily convert diazo compounds to carbenes or metal carbenes, which can then go on to participate in a wide range of powerful insertion chemistry. But diazo compounds can also explode ...

Diazo compounds, characterised by the presence of a diazo functional group (–N₂), serve as versatile precursors to reactive metal–carbene intermediates. These intermediates enable a broad array of ...

A reaction scheme showing a hydrazone being converted into a diazo compound using an enzyme, potassium bromide, and hydrogen peroxide. Researchers at Emory University repurposed a vanadium-dependent ...

Catalysis can be used to enhance the reactivity and selectivity of specific chemical transformations and decrease the amount of energy consumed by these processes. Most catalytic reactions fulfill the ...