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Moving nitrogen within pyridine opens a new path for molecular editing

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A research team has developed a new molecular editing strategy that can directly convert pyridine compounds into their positional isomers. Instead of moving individual substituents around the molecule, the method relocates the nitrogen atom within the pyridine ring itself, allowing existing molecular structures to be reorganized while preserving their substituents.

First report: Positional isomerisation of pyridine via nitrogen transposition — nature.com, 1d