All Organic matter articles – Page 7

  • 0614CW_Orgmatter_300m
    Opinion

    How good do you want it?

    2014-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Quality analysis is a very different ball game to a simple reaction check, says Chemjobber

  • Mandelalide structure
    Opinion

    Mandelalide A

    2014-05-08T00:00:00Z

    New reactions need to belong in a synthesis, says BRSM, not be forced in for show

  • amide reduction pathways
    Opinion

    Reduced to clear

    2014-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Karl Collins contemplates reducing amides to alcohols instead of amines

  • Inspecting reactor contents by torchlight
    Opinion

    Ringing the changes

    2014-02-27T00:00:00Z

    A chemical manufacturing plant is a whole new world compared to the lab, as Chemjobber explains

  • Indoxamycins A, C and F
    Opinion

    Indoxamycins A, C and F

    2014-01-29T00:00:00Z

    BRSM gets to the core of a divergent synthesis of this natural product family

  • Catalyst structure
    Opinion

    Oxidation station

    2014-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Pushing the boundaries of C-H activation with Karl Collins

  • Ciguatoxin CTX1B
    Opinion

    Gone to completion

    2013-11-26T00:00:00Z

    After a 66-step journey, Paul Docherty ponders the future of total synthesis in his final column

  • Marcfortines B (left) and C (right)
    Opinion

    Marcfortines B & C

    2013-11-05T00:00:00Z

    Paul Docherty ponders a tasty cheeseboard as a source of synthetic inspiration

  • 1013CW-TOT-SYN-Main_300
    Opinion

    Scholarisine A

    2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Paul Docherty marvels at a parade of intricate radical reactions

  • Steviol
    Opinion

    Steviol

    2013-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Sculpting a molecule from a larger whole is an unusual but effective strategy, says Paul Docherty

  • Opinion

    Melotenine A

    2013-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Paul Docherty extols the virtues of chiral heteroatoms

  • Opinion

    Bolivianine

    2013-06-27T00:00:00Z

    A complex terpene gives Paul Docherty a headache

  • Opinion

    Pactamycin

    2013-05-29T00:00:00Z

    Labelling a molecule 'inaccessible to synthesis' is a red rag to a bull, says Paul Docherty

  • Opinion

    Kingianin A

    2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Paul Docherty faces his fears of frontier molecular orbital theory

  • Opinion

    Acutumine

    2013-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Polycyclic acutumine ties Paul Docherty up in knots

  • Opinion

    Lyconadin A

    2013-02-28T00:00:00Z

    Paul Docherty tackles a serious repeat offender

  • Opinion

    Hyperforin

    2013-01-24T00:00:00Z

    A flexible natural product synthesis is the key to later drug development

  • Opinion

    Flueggine A

    2013-01-02T00:00:00Z

    Some exotic heterocyclic chemistry catches Paul Docherty's eye

  • Opinion

    Pentalenolactone A methyl ester

    2012-11-27T00:00:00Z

    Paul Docherty revises a reaction he never could quite remember

  • Opinion

    Epicoccin G

    2012-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Paul Docherty gets to grips with some thiodiketopiperazines