Month: September 2015

Magic methyl in medicinal chemistry

Magic methyl in medicinal chemistry

Methyl groups are very common in drug molecules. As reported by Heike Schonherr and Tim Cernak1, more than half of the top-selling drugs contains a CH3. A simple substitution of a C-H with a methyl can increase the potency of a compound by more...

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Buchwald palladium precatalysts

Buchwald palladium precatalysts

Palladium based catalysis is the most used tool to perform the formation of C-C, C-O and C-N. There are many sources of palladium such as PdOAc2, PdCl2 or Pd2dba3. However the related methods do not always allow sufficient conversion. Palladium...

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