Medicinal Chemistry News for May 2015

Modern Alchemy: TSRI Chemists Devise Synthesis of Valuable Exotic Compounds

Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a broad and strikingly inexpensive method for synthesizing “amines,” a class of organic compounds prominent in drugs and other modern products.
22 May, 2015

TSRI Scientists Find Hyped New Recreational Drug 'Flakka' Is As Addictive As 'Bath Salts'

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found using animal models that the new recreational drug alpha-PVP (“flakka”) seems equivalently potent as a stimulant, and therefore as addictive, as its chemical cousin MDPV (“bath salts”).
20 May, 2015

Medicinal Chemistry News for May 2015

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Modern Alchemy: TSRI Chemists Devise Synthesis of Valuable Exotic Compounds Modern Alchemy: TSRI Chemists Devise Synthesis of Valuable Exotic Compounds

TSRI Scientists Find Hyped New Recreational Drug 'Flakka' Is As Addictive As 'Bath Salts' TSRI Scientists Find Hyped New Recreational Drug 'Flakka' Is As Addictive As 'Bath Salts'

Modern Alchemy: TSRI Chemists Devise Synthesis of Valuable Exotic Compounds

TSRI Scientists Find Hyped New Recreational Drug 'Flakka' Is As Addictive As 'Bath Salts'