The latest discoveries in Medicinal Chemistry
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A lithium-powered solution to the PFAS pollution problem
Researchers have developed a new electrochemical method that uses lithium metal to break down persistent “forever chemicals” known as PFAS. The strategy achieves high defluorination efficiency across various PFAS structures and offers a potential pathway to upcycle the released fluoride, turning a toxic waste product into a useful resource.
Why it might matter to you:
As a medicinal chemist, you routinely design molecules and consider their environmental impact and degradation pathways. This work on cleaving robust carbon-fluorine bonds with lithium metal could inspire novel strategies for designing more easily degradable fluorinated compounds or for developing new chemical tools to modify or deconstruct complex molecules in your synthetic workflows.
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