From structure confirmation to methodology improvements, making complex natural products has driven innovation in organic ...

MIT scientists have achieved the first-ever lab synthesis of verticillin A, a complex fungal compound discovered in 1970. Its delicate structure stalled chemists for decades, despite differing from ...

Picrotoxinin is a compound with a far-reaching history. Very bitter and highly toxic, it occurs naturally in the seeds of a climbing plant called Anamirta cocculus, which grows in Southeast Asia. For ...

Synthetic materials are made from natural resources. Synthetic materials are made by chemically changing the starting substances to create a material with different characteristics. Some examples of ...