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A team of chemists is tackling one of the toughest bacterial infections facing patients with lung disease—Mycobacterium abscessus, a fast-growing and drug-resistant germ that can turn deadly.
Justine Drappeau, a Ph.D. chemistry student, has become a trailblazer in something called C–H functionalization.
UNC chemists developed a new method to produce esters and carboxylic acids using visible light and a cheap, earth-abundant metal catalyst: cobalt.
Chris Killian's story is about the quiet and confident clarity that he has gained from overcoming a serious illness and getting a second chance at living a full life.
In UNC Chemistry, a new kind of experiment is taking shape—one that melds the rigor of synthetic chemistry with the beauty of art conservation.
A new light-driven method dramatically simplifies and accelerates the synthesis of stemoamide alkaloids, a class of bioactive compounds found in plants.







