Lucero Research Group

“To a synthetic chemist, the complex molecules of nature are as beautiful as any of her other creations. The perception of that beauty depends on the understanding of chemical structures and their transformations, and, as with a treasured work of art, deepens as the subject is studied, perhaps even to a level approaching romance.”

Elias James Corey

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"The lack of numbers in our discussion is not a weakness-it is its greatest strength."

R.B. Woodward and R. Hoffmann