Triumph of a chemical underdog

Gorka Peris and Scott J. Miller
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Gorka Peris: Yale University, 225 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, USA. scott.miller@yale.edu
Scott J. Miller: Yale University, 225 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, USA. scott.miller@yale.edu

Nature, 2008, vol. 452, issue 7186, 415-416

Abstract: In the fable of the tortoise and the hare, the reptilian slowcoach beats its fleet-footed rival in a race. A zinc catalyst recreates this story by giving a less reactive chemical group a turn of speed over a rival group.

Date: 2008
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