Catalyst takes its time to deliver both enantiomers in one pot synthesis
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Tim Wogan2020-07-09T13:30:00
Discovery could enable access to both enantiomers of a drug in a single synthesis
A novel method in which a chiral catalyst forms first one, then later the other enantiomer of a molecule has been developed by chemists in China. The researchers believe it could potentially allow access to both enantiomers of novel pharmaceutical molecules through the same synthesis route.