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Terephthaloyl chloride: used to make specialty polymers.

Phenylboronic acid: it and its aryl-substituted derivatives are commonly used as building blocks in synthetic organic chemistry.

Cellulose: a linear polymer of as many as 10,000 D-glucose units and the most abundant organic compound on earth.

Levulinic acid: 4-oxopentanoic acid, used in the manufacture of nylon, synthetic rubber, plastics, and pharmaceuticals.

http://www.acs.org

Oxytocin: the molecule involved in pregnancy, breastfeeding and sexual fidelity.

http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/MOTM/motm.htm

Telavancin: novel antibiotic with multiple mechanisms of action, including inhibition of bacterial cell wall formation and disruption of cell membrane integrity.

http://www.prous.com/molecules/default.asp?ID=180

Medicinal Chemistry Conference
February 1-4, Mexico

Solubility is an important physical property to be considered when setting up an organic chemistry experiment.

http://srdata.nist.gov/solubility/index.aspx

Describes experimental procedures that do not use solvents during the reaction step. Ideally, if pure products are obtained without using chemical auxilaries, solvents are avoided for the purification step (extraction, chromatography, recrystallization, etc. ) also.

http://www.wiley.com/