Question
Answer the following about process chemistry, for 10 points each.
[10e] Process chemistry seeks to find the shortest and cheapest reaction pathways possible for complicated molecules, most often those used in this industry. Major companies in this industry include Bayer and Pfizer.
ANSWER: pharmaceutical industry [accept the medical industry; accept drugs or medicine or pharmaceuticals; accept pharma; prompt on the chemical industry; prompt on biotech]
[10h] This chemical company pioneered process chemistry as a field in the 1950s with their syntheses of drugs like L-methyldopa and imipenem. This German company acquired Sigma-Aldrich in 2015.
ANSWER: Merck [or the Merck Group; accept Merck & Co.; accept Merck Sharpe & Dohme; prompt on MilliporeSigma by asking “What company owns MilliporeSigma?”]
[10m] Process chemistry often uses this technique for planning reactions by working backwards from the target molecule to starting materials. Many organic chemistry exams test this technique developed by E. J. Corey.
ANSWER: retrosynthesis [or retrosynthetic analysis; prompt on total synthesis]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia | 11/11/2023 | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 89% | 56% | 22% |
Data
| Columbia A | Yale C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Columbia B | Bard A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Haverford | Penn B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Penn A | Princeton B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Rowan A | Columbia C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rutgers A | Princeton A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Yale A | Rutgers B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Vassar | Cornell C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Yale B | NYU B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |