There are catalysis geniuses (looking at you, process chemists!) and then there are those of us just looking to put compounds in vials. Here are the simplest conditions that'll get you what you want 90% of the time. Beyond that you'll need to ask a guru like Nick White or Malcolm Huestis. Hope this table helps. Explore drughunter.co m for more.
Obtaining adequate drug exposure in the brain is key to treating CNS diseases effectively. Recently, Dennis Koester gave us a crash course in CNS drug discovery in a Drug Hunter Flash Talk. Here, he sums up some key points on how to find compounds that cross the blood-brain barrier.
This table highlights some of the key drug discovery conferences happening around the world in 2025, ranging from modality-specific to indication-focused meetings. As has become common since the COVID pandemic, many of these conferences now offer hybrid registration formats. If you know of any conferences we may have missed, feel free to let us know. Which conferences will you be attending in 2025?
In this article, we highlight the importance of p K a values in medicinal chemistry and drug discovery and provide a reference poster of p K a values of common amines’ conjugate bases. Since amines are often a part of marketed drugs, knowledge of their p K a s can provide guidance in the selection of basic moieties to match the desired [...]
You’ve probably lived this story before: you’re working on your favorite kinase, YFK1, and are looking for selective inhibitors over YFK2. The problem is, they’re virtually identical near the active site, save for a single residue sitting in the back pocket that your amazing structural biologist has identified. The team [...]
