For the first time, astronomers have discovered stellar cocoons rich in complex organic molecules within a supernova remnant.

NASA’s Perseverance rover has reported the most robust organic chemistry detection yet inside Mars’s Jezero Crater), adding ...

The organic molecules could come from life or from ordinary chemistry — only samples returned to Earth can settle it.

Organic chemistry makes much of modern life possible. The highly creative science finds ways to make and break chemical bonds to produce increasingly complex materials. The field enables the ...

We offer a reserach area with its core in the Organic Chemistry of Natural Products focusing on understanding utilizing, and replicating the chemical compounds produced by living organisms. This way ...

Every first-year organic chemistry student learns early on about the inductive effect, which describes how certain atoms’ electronegativity can affect other atoms in the same molecule. This subtle ...

Earlier this week, the New York Times covered the dismissal of longtime and highly decorated professor Maitland Jones Jr. from his position as contract (non-tenured) faculty teaching a large organic ...

Nomination Period Extended: Due to the impacts of the federal government shutdown on many of our members, we have extended the nomination period for the 2027 National Awards until December 15 at 11.59 ...

The Organic Chemistry lab and lecture courses are the 3000-level, pre-professional organic courses that are required for chemistry majors and pre-medical students as well as disciplines in biology, ...

Organic chemistry is the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and synthesis of organic compounds that by definition contain carbon. It is a specific discipline within ...