A cornerstone rule of organic chemistry that has guided students and researchers for a century has just been shown to be ...

In advanced chemistry labs and classrooms around the world, one rule has quietly endured for nearly a century. Introduced in ...

UCLA chemists believe it’s time to rewrite the textbooks as they figured out how to violate Bredt’s rule, which will help chemists discover new medicines. In 1924, Bredt’s rule was more or less ...

Organic chemistry may be on the verge of a new era. A team of researchers from UCLA claims that a fundamental principle taught for the past century doesn't hold up. Their discovery is shaking the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: shulz via Getty Images Scientists have broken a 100-year-old chemistry rule to synthesize ...

In the field of exotic new materials, we've examined one of the strongest ones and another declared to be impossible; scientists now report creating "forbidden" materials out of ordinary table salt ...

Chemistry is a language. Some organic chemistry professors drop that analogy on their students, hoping to get them to see how learning symbols, rules, and suffixes can lead to a broader understanding ...