Bloody Nora, how could you say that “a little oxidation with palladium gives the enone…”
What could be appreciated as a small detail such as performing an stoichiometric Saegusa oxidation in Pd(II) at the beginning of the synthesis is what could differentiate a good synthesis from a master-class piece.
Nobody have heard of the Kerr’s reagent (Akas Sweet-ginger reagent)?
It's all about stirring pots and hoping for shiny white crystals. Read-on to see some of the best modern organic chemistry, and comments from the folks at the bench.
What, even more Platensimycin? What happened to Peribysin E?
durrr…
Hey man,
Bloody Nora, how could you say that “a little oxidation with palladium gives the enone…”
What could be appreciated as a small detail such as performing an stoichiometric Saegusa oxidation in Pd(II) at the beginning of the synthesis is what could differentiate a good synthesis from a master-class piece.
Nobody have heard of the Kerr’s reagent (Akas Sweet-ginger reagent)?
who will win the nobel prize tomorrow?????
KCN
Trost
A biochemist.
I see your biochemist and raise you a biologist
Committee is heavily biologically oriented so something I have heard about only tangentially will be honored.
Stoddart
2 minutes to go…this year the prize should go for a orgchem or supramolec chemistry…it´s about time :´D
Tot.Syn should have won the Nobel Prize.
wisemanleo: we can but hope