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Chemists discover way to make new nitrogen products ‘out of thin air’ – Phys.org
A nifty move with nitrogen has brought the world one step closer to creating a range of useful products—from dyes to pharmaceuticals—out of thin air.

A nifty move with nitrogen has brought the world one step closer to creating a range of useful productsfrom dyes to pharmaceuticalsout of thin air.
The discovery comes from a team of Yale chemists who found a way to combine atmospheric nitrogen with benzene to make a chemical compound called aniline, which is a precursor to materials used to make an assortment of synthetic products.
A study describing the process appears in the journal Nature.
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