{"id":215627,"date":"2025-06-08T13:12:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T18:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/chemists-discover-simple-way-to-build-bigger-molecules-one-carbon-at-a-time"},"modified":"2025-06-08T13:12:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T18:12:01","slug":"chemists-discover-simple-way-to-build-bigger-molecules-one-carbon-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/chemists-discover-simple-way-to-build-bigger-molecules-one-carbon-at-a-time","title":{"rendered":"Chemists discover simple way to build bigger molecules, one carbon at a time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/chemists-discover-simple-way-to-build-bigger-molecules-one-carbon-at-a-time2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A team of chemists at the University of Cambridge has developed a powerful new method for adding single carbon atoms to molecules more easily, offering a simple one-step approach that could accelerate drug discovery and the design of complex chemical products.<\/p>\n<p>The research, recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-025-09159-9\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in the journal <i>Nature<\/i> under the title \u201cOne-carbon homologation of alkenes,\u201d unveils a breakthrough method for extending molecular chains\u2014one carbon atom at a time. This technique targets alkenes, a common class of molecules characterized by a double bond between two carbon atoms. Alkenes are found in a wide range of everyday products, from anti-malarial medicines like quinine to agrochemicals and fragrances.<\/p>\n<p>Led by Dr. Marcus Grocott and Professor Matthew Gaunt from the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, the work replaces traditional multi-step procedures with a single-pot reaction that is compatible with a wide range of molecules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of chemists at the University of Cambridge has developed a powerful new method for adding single carbon atoms to molecules more easily, offering a simple one-step approach that could accelerate drug discovery and the design of complex chemical products. The research, recently published in the journal Nature under the title \u201cOne-carbon homologation of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-chemistry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}