Molecular editing tool relocates alcohol groups to neighboring sites while preserving 3D structure

Researchers develop molecular editing tool to relocate alcohol groups

MIT chemists developed a precision technique that allows scientists to seamlessly relocate alcohol functional groups from one spot on a molecule to a neighboring site.

Molecular editing tool relocates alcohol groups to neighboring sites while preserving 3D structure

In a discovery recently published in Nature, MIT chemists led by Professor Alison Wendlandt have developed a precision technique that allows scientists to seamlessly relocate alcohol functional groups from one spot on a molecule to a neighboring site. The paper is titled "Alcohol group migration by proximity-enhanced H atom abstraction."