Synthetic chemistry: Steroids that only nature could make on a large scale, until now
Thursday, January 3, 2013 - 16:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists have achieved a feat in synthetic chemistry by inventing a scalable method to make complex natural compounds known as "polyhydroxylated steroids." These compounds, used in heart-failure medications and other drugs, have been notoriously problematic to synthesize in the laboratory.