C &EN recently invited bloggers to write posts about their favorite chemical reactions. We received some two dozen posts from seasoned chemistry bloggers and fledgling writers alike, singing the ...

What are the underlying forces and mechanisms that enable enzymes to accelerate reactions? "Quite recently, we have found that there are enzymes that enhance reaction rates by factors as large as 10 ...

Examples of reactions that go to completion are: It is more obvious in reactions that do not go to completion that the reaction is reversible. This is the case when the reaction mixture contains both ...