Electrochemical late-stage functionalization

Y Wang, S Dana, H Long, Y Xu, Y Li… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Late-stage functionalization (LSF) constitutes a powerful strategy for the assembly or
diversification of novel molecular entities with improved physicochemical or biological …

A brief introduction to chemical reaction optimization

CJ Taylor, A Pomberger, KC Felton, R Grainger… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
From the start of a synthetic chemist's training, experiments are conducted based on recipes
from textbooks and manuscripts that achieve clean reaction outcomes, allowing the scientist …

Bespoke library docking for 5-HT2A receptor agonists with antidepressant activity

AL Kaplan, DN Confair, K Kim, X Barros-Álvarez… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
There is considerable interest in screening ultralarge chemical libraries for ligand discovery,
both empirically and computationally,,–. Efforts have focused on readily synthesizable …

Bicyclobutanes as unusual building blocks for complexity generation in organic synthesis

M Golfmann, JCL Walker - Communications Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Bicyclobutanes are among the most highly strained isolable organic compounds and their
associated low activation barriers to reactivity make them intriguing building-blocks in …

Late-stage C–H functionalization offers new opportunities in drug discovery

L Guillemard, N Kaplaneris, L Ackermann… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Over the past decade, the landscape of molecular synthesis has gained major impetus by
the introduction of late-stage functionalization (LSF) methodologies. C–H functionalization …

Photocatalysis in the life science industry

L Candish, KD Collins, GC Cook, JJ Douglas… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the pursuit of new pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, chemists in the life science
industry require access to mild and robust synthetic methodologies to systematically modify …

Applied machine learning as a driver for polymeric biomaterials design

SM McDonald, EK Augustine, Q Lanners… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Polymers are ubiquitous to almost every aspect of modern society and their use in medical
products is similarly pervasive. Despite this, the diversity in commercial polymers used in …

The expanding role of pyridine and dihydropyridine scaffolds in drug design

Y Ling, ZY Hao, D Liang, CL Zhang… - Drug design …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Pyridine-based ring systems are one of the most extensively used heterocycles in the field of
drug design, primarily due to their profound effect on pharmacological activity, which has led …

Novel 2019 coronavirus structure, mechanism of action, antiviral drug promises and rule out against its treatment

S Boopathi, AB Poma, P Kolandaivel - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In the past two decades, the world has faced several infectious disease outbreaks. Ebola,
Influenza A (H1N1), SARS, MERS, and Zika virus have had a massive global impact in terms …

One-pot synthesis of sulfonamides from unactivated acids and amines via aromatic decarboxylative halosulfonylation

PS Pedersen, DC Blakemore, GM Chinigo… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The coupling of carboxylic acids and amines to form amide linkages is the most commonly
performed reaction in the pharmaceutical industry. Herein, we report a new strategy that …