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Photochemistry and drug synthesis

There is a growing need for the development of new drug molecules due to increasing antimicrobial resistance. Chemists already have many methods for the synthesis of drug-like compounds, with many others likely to be invented in the future. Photochemistry is one such tool in the synthesis tool kit that can be used to synthesise complex, targeted drug molecules

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• medicinal chemistry

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