Tag: Yoshito Kishi
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Nation & World
Towering figure in organic chemistry
Yoshito Kishi was a towering figure in organic chemistry renowned for his syntheses of complex natural products.
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Nation & World
Chemists’ breakthrough in synthesis advances a potent anti-cancer agent
Chemists at Harvard and Eisai, a Japanese pharmaceutical company, have synthesized halichondrin, a potent anti-cancer agent found naturally in sea sponges. Because of the molecule’s “fiendishly complex” design, the feat took three decades.