Chemists create new pathway to potential medicines
Sunday, May 10, 2015 - 10:30
in Physics & Chemistry
A new chemical reaction that has the potential to facilitate the search for pharmaceutical drugs has been uncovered by researchers. Organic synthesis is a scientific discipline central to the drug discovery process that is focused on building new carbon-based molecules that can affect biology -- for example, targeting and destroying cancer cells. In the study, the authors describe a new chemical reaction that converts simple starting materials into architecturally complex molecules (a collection of atoms bonded to one another) called "decalins" in a single step.