BRSM
BRSM obtained his PhD in total synthesis in the UK, completing several brightly coloured natural products. After a postdoctoral stint at an Ivy League school, he remained in the US, where he now works as a process chemist at a major pharmaceutical company.
Opinion(+)-iso-Phomopsene (and friends)
A non-obvious combination unleashes the power of electrocyclisation
Opinion(±)-Rhabdastrellic acid A
A triterpene that looks innocuous until it reveals the highly strained conformation of its rings
Opinion(+)-Microladallene B
A weird structure is enough to spark chemists’ interest, even without any obvious use
Opinion(‒)-Pavidolide B
An innovative approach to making five-membered carbon rings makes for a strikingly short synthesis