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Science 10 February 2006:
Vol. 311. no. 5762, pp. 790 - 791
DOI: 10.1126/science.1123884
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CHEMISTRY:
Enhanced: Building Molecules with Carbon Monoxide Reductive Coupling

Brad Wayland and Xuefeng Fu

A new reaction can generate complex organic molecules from carbon monoxide. This method for creating organic materials could provide fuel and chemicals that do not depend on our dwindling petroleum supply.

The authors are in the Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA. E-mail: wayland{at}sas.upenn.edu

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