Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design

chemical synthesis and catalysis

In chemistry, chemical synthesis (or combination) is that the artificial execution of useful chemical reactions to get one or several products. this happens by physical and chemical manipulations usually involving one or more reactions. In modern laboratory uses, the method is reproducible and reliable. A chemical synthesis involves one or more compounds (known as reagents or reactant) which will undergo a change when subjected to certain conditions. Various reaction types are often applied to formulate a desired product. these needs mixing the compounds in a reaction vessel, like a chemical reactor or an easy round-bottom flask. Many reactions require some sort of work-up or purification procedure to isolate the ultimate product. Catalysis is a term describing a process during which the rate and/or the result of the reaction is influenced by the presence of a substance (the catalyst) that's not consumed during the reaction which is subsequently removed if it's not to constitute as an impurity within the final product.