Issue 12, 2019

On the cost of academic methodologies

Abstract

The cost of reagents and catalysts employed in synthetic methodologies developed in academia is very rarely discussed. Yet these costs are very real as they represent a significant portion of any grant proposal budget. Herein, we wish to introduce the concept of Cost of Academic Methodologies (CAM) as an aspect, which should be considered when evaluating synthetic methodologies. We also introduce an associated concept: the Aggregate Molecular Weight (AMW). In order to illustrate these concepts, examples from various laboratories, including our own, are evaluated through the CAM/AMW lens.

Graphical abstract: On the cost of academic methodologies

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Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
04 Feb 2019
Accepted
20 Apr 2019
First published
22 Apr 2019

Org. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 2095-2108

On the cost of academic methodologies

O. Berger, K. R. Winters, A. Sabourin, S. V. Dzyuba and J. Montchamp, Org. Chem. Front., 2019, 6, 2095 DOI: 10.1039/C9QO00200F

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