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Five Molecules We Would Take to a Remote Island

2010; Elsevier BV; Volume: 17; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.chembiol.2010.06.002

1879-1301

Thomas U. Mayer, Andreas Marx,

Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes

Which five molecules would you take to a remote island?If you imagine yourself as a castaway on an island you might pick water, glucose, penicillin, and ethanol in combination with aspirin.However, as a scientist, you may ask yourself which molecules impressed you most by their chemical or biological property, their impact on science, or the ingenuity and/or serendipity behind their discovery.Here, we present our personal short list comprising FK506, colchicine, imatinib, Quimi-Hib, and cidofovir.Obviously, our selection is highly subjective and, therefore, we apologize up front to our colleagues for not mentioning their favorite compounds.