Organic solvents are chemicals that have a carbon-based molecular structure. They are used to dissolve a material to create a solution, or to extract one material from another. Organic solvents can be ...

Organic solvents have played a key role in the development of many useful products. They are used, for example, to produce pharmaceuticals of the required purity, to ensure the easy flow and good ...

It is time to think about the state in which we are going to leave the planet, as present day synthesis produces unimaginable levels of organic waste, most being organic solvents. We are also ...

In a recent article published in the journal Molecules, researchers presented a novel approach to detecting water content in ...

Since lipids are hydrophobic, they are better soluble in organic solvents than in water. Because the lipids are buried into protein particles simple shaking of the aqueous protein solution with an ...

DEAR READER: Caffeine is an organic compound that occurs naturally in more than 60 plants ... The most common method uses chemical solvents -- typically ethyl acetate or methylene chloride -- to ...