OLEFINS 2 (IMAGE)

Rice University

OLEFINS 2

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Inspired by light-sensing bacteria that thrive near hot oceanic vents, synthetic chemists led by Julian West at Rice University used vitamin B12 to catalyze valuable hydrocarbons known as olefins, or alkenes.

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