Reagents have been developed that allow carbon—hydrogen bonds on benzene-like compounds called heterocycles to be converted directly into carbon—carbon bonds. The finding will be a boon to medicinal chemists. See Letter p.95
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Pitts, W. Toolkit of reagents to aid drug discovery. Nature 492, 45–46 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11760
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