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Rob Newland
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PhD in organometallic & phosphorus chem/organic chemist in industry/firm believer that a hotdog is not a sandwich. He/him.
We should not be encouraging academics to handle highly potent APIs on multi-gram scale just to show off their neat chemistry. Taxol is a highly potent OEB4 - bordering on OEB5 - substance. Handling it on a multi-gram scale without strict controls is quite dumb, to put it lightly.
March 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
After 2 years in Wales I finally made it to the station with the longest name (as far as I know) in the world.
January 2, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Who in their right mind thought this was a good idea and should be published. In JACS, no less.

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
November 15, 2024 at 8:30 AM