Chemists achieve new technique with profound implications for drug development
Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 13:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Breaking carbon-hydrogen (C-H) bonds to alter existing molecules to create new ones is an increasingly important avenue for drug development. Of particular interest is mirror-image or "one-handed" compounds, but C-H breaking methods for making pure batches of these molecules have worked with only a limited range of starting materials.