"Ketones are the bread and butter of chemical ... Using this approach, Yu and his team were able to induce chemical reactions (such as arylation and hydroxylation) that add key building blocks ...

forming two additional ketone (carbonyl) groups. The loss of hydrogen indicates an oxidation reaction (increasing the oxygen to hydrogen ratio) and the molecule will also lose two electrons.

This innovative approach, published in Chem, opens up new possibilities for utilizing aromatic ketones in various synthetic reactions. Traditionally, aromatic ketones have been underutilized in ...