Chiral Synthesis

Synopsis: In the past one of the big problems with drugs was that the patient received a mixture of two forms of the same chemical compound. Often this did not matter. In the case of thalidomide one of the forms had detrimental effects. To prevent a similar tragedy happening again, efforts have been made to find methods of chemical synthesis which only produce the useful form of the drug. The programme looks a two compounds which have enabled the production of these so-called chiral compounds and shows two possible solutions to the chemical problem with thalidomide and how the drug industry worked to solve the problem.
Series: Organic Chemistry: A Synthesis Approach, Course S344
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of production: 1989
Availability: Out of distribution
Subjects: Chemistry
Keywords: chiral synthesis; organic chemistry; pharmaceuticals; thalidomide

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David Roberts

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