We have a furfural alcohol plant in Memphis that’s been running ever sine 1943.
That’s what organic chemists do, figure out how to synthesize useful products from raw materials, and how to do it as cheaply as possible. Pretty cool that he did it on his own.
Our 19 year-olds are working as protester/rioter “actors”.
He’s going to get all the girls.
article was written by ignorant morons:
“Adenosine is also an inhibitor of the enzyme RNA polymerase”
adenosine does NOT inhibit RNA polymerase, though adenosine ANALOGS can do that, but adenosine analogs are a whole ‘nother kettle of fish, because an adenosine analogs is adenosine that has been tweaked in various fashions to be non-functional but APPEAR to be plain ‘ol untweaeked adenosine ... adenosine analogs are the foundation of most antivirals ...
“a base molecule of corn alcohol derived from corncobs and husks” would be methanol, also known as wood alcohol and can be made from pretty much any source of cellulose
Galidesivir, an adenosine analog, was synthesized by BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, but has not yet been approved for human use ... it would be shocking if a company like that couldn’t figure out that methanol would be a better starting point than “sugar” for thei synthesis ...
still, everyone, let’s pretend some Slovakian kid in his basement has managed to synthesize Galidesivir with a few test tubs and a Bunsen burner ... oh, hey, he should patent his revolutionary process!
🎼Like most babies smell like butter....