From structure confirmation to methodology improvements, making complex natural products has driven innovation in organic ...

Organic chemists continually strive to develop methods that enable the preparation of molecules that cannot currently be synthesized, or that allow synthesizable compounds to be made more efficiently.

The natural world is rich in chemical compounds with remarkable medicinal properties. A notable example is penicillin, discovered by chance from the Penicillium mold. This discovery revolutionized the ...

Organic chemist Bruce Lipshutz had a bit of a rude awakening. It was around 2007, and the head of environmental health and safety (EH&S) at the University of California, Santa Barbara, sat Lipshutz ...