A Real World Example: Using AI Tools for Drug Discovery
AstraZeneca’s recent HPK1 study demonstrates that generative AI can successfully discover novel, clinically viable chemical scaffolds, provided the algorithms are backed by …
Efficient Synthesis of Chiral ProTides through Copper Catalysis
A new study introduces a novel method for the stereoselective synthesis of chiral phosphates in ProTide nucleoside analogues.
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Exploring Anti-Bredt Olefins as Reactive Intermediates
The access and the usage of anti-Bredt type olefins as intermediates are described in a new study in Science.
Synthesis of Quaternary Centres using Lithium Enolates in a Ru-catalysed Allylic substitution
The construction of quaternary centers via C-C bond formation is a significant challenge, but a new method reported in JACS, provides a promising approach to accessing these …
My Reading Tip of the Week: Total Synthesis of Scabrolide A by Radical Cascade
A radical cascade strategy to synthesize the complex marine natural product, Scabrolide A, is described in JACS by Pengfei Hu and coworkers.
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