Categories: Comparisons
An example of metaphor in science journalism:
"in the ortho lithiation of an S-trifluoromethyl sulfoximine-substituted benzene…the aggregates 'cannibalise' the base and stop it from reacting…A team…has now found various 'base-eating' aggregates."
Chemistry World
Katrina Krämer (2022) Mystery surrounding metalation reaction's reagent excess solved
Tags: lithiation
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