For those of you following the "IBX does benzylic oxidation (or does it?)" story, See Arr Oh appears to have found the missing reagent: water. Go over there and read.
(Isn't it time for every single chemistry department to have an open-access Karl Fischer titrator? Just askin'.)
(Isn't it time for every single chemistry department to have an open-access Karl Fischer titrator? Just askin'.)
This work makes me think that every paper published on pubs.acs.org deserves its own comment section. I can imagine it being abused, but there may be some good insights by having essentially a wider peer review where you don't have to pay to print your rebuttal.
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