You can define it that way if you please. My point is that dreaming up molecules is easy, and I don't think any self-respecting person would want full credit for something where they didn't do the hard part.
Don't get me wrong, the guy is a saint either way.![]()
The hard part was the conceiving and subsequent human testing. The synthesis is a minor part of the equasion. If the enormous number of failed RC's shows us anything, its that dreaming up a true blockbuster molecule is way harder than synthing.
A lab set out to have 5-APB synthed. The Chinese returned which proved to be 6-APB. They tested it and it was better than the intended molecule.
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