The willingness of the 4f orbitals of lanthanide metals to participate in chemical reactions is as rare as their presence in Earth's crust. A recent study, however, witnessed the 4f orbital in a ...

The catalytic isomerization of allylic alcohols represents a pivotal transformation in modern synthetic chemistry. Using transition metal complexes, this reaction converts readily available allylic ...

Network control theory can describe the photochemical isomerization of glucose to allose. This transformation, in which the hydroxy group on a single carbon flips from one stereochemical configuration ...

Lactulose, a synthetic disaccharide derived from lactose, is garnering significant attention due to its prebiotic and therapeutic properties. Traditionally produced by alkaline isomerization, recent ...

The membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin is a proton pump, in which proton transport is initiated by the light-induced isomerization of the chromophore retinal. The molecular quantum states involved in ...

Chemical reactions are commonly depicted as transitions from reactants to products. However, such reactions involve many molecules, and the individual molecules themselves undergo frequently-occurring ...