The transformation of an advanced synthetic intermediate into a whole family of naturally occurring molecules
Wednesday, April 5, 2017 - 08:22
in Biology & Nature
A research collaboration between A*STAR and the University of Oxford has generated a simple and efficient approach for assembling organic molecules that show promise as therapeutic drugs. The team drew on a strategy favored by the pharmaceutical industry, devising a synthetic route to an advanced intermediate that, late in the synthesis, could be diversified into five target molecules.