Scientists developed a new method using a dirhodium catalyst to make an inert carbon-hydrogen bond reactive, turning cheap and abundant hydrocarbon with limited usefulness into a valuable scaffold for developing new compounds — such as pharmaceuticals and other fine chemicals.

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Scientists developed a new method using a dirhodium catalyst to make an inert carbon-hydrogen bond reactive, turning cheap and abundant hydrocarbon with limited usefulness into a valuable scaffold for developing new compounds — such as pharmaceuticals and other fine chemicals.