Benzenesulfonic acid is the simplest aromatic sulfonic acid. It is highly water-soluble and a strong acid with a pK a of –2.8. It has been known since at least the 1880s; its synthesis, which goes ...

THE corrosion of a metal in acid solution involves essentially the transfer to another species of one or more electrons by the metal atom, followed by solvation in the aqueous solution. In order to ...

Speeding up chemical reactions is key to improving industrial processes or mitigating unwanted or harmful waste. Realizing these improvements requires that chemists design around documented reaction ...