All terpenes articles
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ResearchSea sponges own unique chemistry goes beyond that of their bacterial guests
Biologically potent compounds can be made by sea sponges themselves
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ResearchThe chemical motive for giant pandas’ smelly winter habits
Compounds in fresh manure can desensitise the giant mammals to cold weather
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ResearchFirst synthesis of unusual natural product could revive forgotten eco-friendly insecticide class
16-step synthesis of rare diterpene could reveal new ways to control insecticide-resistant pests
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ResearchWeird mechanism behind catnip compound’s biosynthesis uncovered
Nepetalactone – the compound cats go crazy for – is made by a two-step procedure that is unlike any other in terpenoid biosynthesis
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ResearchComputation trick cuts total synthesis from 27 to nine steps
Quantum mechanical modelling shows speedy route to terpene natural product
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PodcastNepetalactone
The catnip compound that felines go crazy for could have exciting uses for humans, too, as Kat Arney finds out
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ResearchSecret of liquorice's unique smell unravelled
Chemists have identified 39 aroma compounds that give liquorice root its distinctive aroma
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ResearchRoute to complex amines holds drug development promise
New catalytic reaction yields products with three adjacent chiral centres
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FeatureMolecule-making microbes
Extracting terpene drugs from plants is difficult and wasteful, so pharma companies are looking to biosynthesis, as Emiliano Feresin discovers
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PodcastFrankincense and myrrh
In this seasonal podcast, we look at the compounds found in frankincense and myrrh
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