3-D Model of New Catalyst (VIDEO)

Emory Health Sciences

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A 3-D model of the new chemical catalyst, which makes inert Carbon-Hydrogen bonds reactive. The bowl-shaped scaffold acts like a lock and key to allow only particular C-H bonds in a compound to approach the catalyst and undergo the reaction.

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