Modern Alchemy: TSRI Chemists Devise Synthesis of Valuable Exotic Compounds

Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a broad, strikingly inexpensive method for synthesizing "amines," a class of organic compounds prominent in drugs and other modern products. The new reaction is particularly useful for synthesizing complex amines valuable in pharmaceuticals, but impractical--or impossible--to make with standard methods.

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