Safer, cheaper building blocks for future anti-HIV and cancer drugs
Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 12:30
in Physics & Chemistry
A team of researchers from KU Leuven, in Belgium, has developed an economical, reliable and heavy metal-free chemical reaction that yields fully functional 1,2,3-triazoles. Triazoles are chemical compounds that can be used as building blocks for more complex chemical compounds, including pharmaceutical drugs.