Articles of Interest
The Roundtable publishes a summary of recently published research of interest to pharma/green chemistry in a series called Articles of Interest. See listing of publications for the most recent.
Team Leads
Alan Steven
CatSci Ltd
Team Members
Charlotte Dalton, Jaika Doerfler, Oliver D. Engl, Alejandro Gimenez Molina, Zhengxu S. Han, Jo Hosford, Gareth P. Howell, Marc Hutchby, Jonathan Latham, Wei Li, Rachel H. Munday, Matt Osborne, Antonio Navarro, Michael Parmentier, Jan Pawlas, Paul Richardson, Jack A. Terrett, Daniel S. Treitler, Mingshuo Zeng
Goal
Using abstracts, to highlight articles addressing pre-identified challenges in sustainable processing to pharmaceutical industry stakeholders. Manuscript appears in Org. Process Res. Dev. twice a year and is distributed to RT companies.
Team Folder
Project
Write Articles of Interest
The team publishes biannual reviews of recent literature of interest categorized according to the Roundtable’s Key Research Areas. Current topics include: alcohol activation for nucleophilic displacement, amide formation, base metal catalysis, biocatalysis, C-H activation, fluorination, heterogeneous catalysis, oxidation, reduction, solvents, Wittig and general green chemistry.
Team Status
Updated: September 2021
Achievements
- AOI 28 published
- Creation of medium-sized molecules section for oligonucleotides and peptides
- 2 coeditors now in place
- Replacement contributor for Reduction section recruited
Challenges
- Awareness of pros and cons of promoting chemistries relating to nickel catalysis, cobalt catalysis or perfluoroalkyl chemistry
Activity Snapshot
- WoW change to ensure peptide contribution is overseen by the Peptide group
- Consideration of use of keywords or equivalent to allow casual reader to find sections of most interest
Upcoming Projects
- Introduce section dealing with green analytical chemistry (with the Analytical subteam)