A team of chemists has unveiled a novel method to simplify the synthesis of piperidines, a key structural component in many pharmaceuticals. The study combines biocatalytic carbon-hydrogen oxidation ...

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We are taking cross-sector action in writing to government ministers, as the UK urgently needs a strategic, joined-up approach, led by central Government, for the use and management of materials in ...

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Philipp Klahn, Senior Lecturer in Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology Inspired by nature’s design, Philipp Klahn’s research focuses on the synthesis of bioactive molecules and drugs, with a ...

The annual organic chemistry poster symposium is the RSC Organic Chemistry Community’s flagship event for early career researchers. Dedicated to posters from some of the best final year organic ...

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A new Penington Institute report estimates Australians spent a record $400 million on medicinal cannabis in the first half of 2024. The Institute's CEO says some medicinal cannabis clinics had ...

Having occupied a state-of-the-art building, merged the Departments of Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, and added several recent faculty, the research activity of the medicinal chemistry program is ...

Both methods combine a catalyst with some relatively simple chemistry driven by the energy ... which is necessary for products’ shelf life. Medicinal chemists are trying to make drug molecules ...

1 Genentech, South San Francisco, California, U.S.A. 2 Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California, U.S.A. Joachim Rudolph and Will Watkins, Editors-In-Chief, the ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry, and ...