Scripps researchers win race to synthesize marine natural product Palau’amine

Posted On: January 31, 2010

The compound Palau’amine, discovered in 1993,  is so chemically complex that finding a way to produce it in the laboratory became the most hotly pursued synthetic chemistry goal in modern history. Groups around the globe dedicated millions to the challenge, but it is a team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute that has finally completed the quest.

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