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Scientists make common pain killers from pine trees instead of crude oil (phys.org)
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[–] Drewsteau@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is super cool! And they were able to make another major chemical precursor too. I see the yield for ibuprofen is only 64% but I have to assume that’s there room to optimize that reaction scheme to generate higher yields!

I would love to see the full synthesis process as well as reaction conditions, but like everyone else who leaves academia I lost access to journals after finishing my grad program.