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Synthesised sea sponge molecule could fight Parkinson’s

Drug Discovery World

The research team used a long-neglected compound called a cyclic allene to control a crucial step in the chain of chemical reactions needed to produce a usable version of the molecule in the lab – an advance they say could prove advantageous in developing other complex molecules for pharmaceutical research. “The vast majority of medicines today (..)

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A demonstration of substituent effects in anti-aromatic compounds

SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

On the other hand, anti-aromatic compounds with 4n pi-electrons have been conventionally considered unstable, and the creation of stable anti-aromatic compounds has been one of the challenging issues in organic chemistry. Several studies […]

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New chemical process makes it easier to craft amino acids that don't exist in nature

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Chemists describe a powerful new way to create new-to-nature, 'unnatural' amino acids, which could find use in protein-based therapies and open up novel branches of organic chemistry.

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Informatics resource advances drug discovery in Africa

Drug Discovery World

The free CDD Vault subscription provides access to essential and advanced tools such as chemicals and biological entities registration, inventory management, assay and study management, visualisation, data analysis and reporting, as well as secure data sharing and collaboration.

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Women in STEM with Dr Catherine Sheehan

Drug Target Review

My secondary school chemistry teacher had a PhD in organic chemistry, and I found her classes and lab experiments to be very interesting, especially those in physical and organic chemistry.

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Analysis Chemical: Bavaria floats resolution in Bundesrat urging “PFAS regulation with a sense of proportion”

Agency IQ

This bond is one of the strongest in organic chemistry, making this family of chemicals highly effective at resisting water, oil, and heat. Manufactured since the 1940s, their carbon-fluorine bond tends to be the hallmark of a PFAS (though there is no common definition). Fill out the form to read the full article.

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Women in STEM with Dr Petra Dieterich

Drug Target Review

Petra holds a D.Phil in synthetic organic chemistry and an MBA from Imperial College London. Working in the CRO and CDMO environment she has led projects for customers across the globe, helping them to achieve their goals in clinical trials and low-volume commercial manufacture.