For the Sake of Making Molecules
The aim of this article, while reviewing part of my research activities, is to illustrate the somewhat chaotic way leading from one specific topic to another – from e.g. ferrocenyl ligands for asymmetric catalysis, to asymmetric fluorination, to reagents for perfluoroalkylation, just to mention some...
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Swiss Chemical Society
2023-08-01
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| description | The aim of this article, while reviewing part of my research activities, is to illustrate the somewhat chaotic way leading from one specific topic to another – from e.g. ferrocenyl ligands for asymmetric catalysis, to asymmetric fluorination, to reagents for perfluoroalkylation, just to mention some of the most fruitful ones. That the way meandering through several areas of research in chemical synthesis can be described as chaotic is not primarily due to my inability to plan the work of my research group. In the contrary, it is argued that academic research, viewed as mean to educating and forming young researchers, should resist the temptation towards an increasing projectification, milestone mentality, the myth of societal relevance, and consciously aim for a more anarchical trait, much in the sense of Feyerabend’s “anything goes”. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1ab3e05c7f7c4b71b50f25c3b001b51c2023-08-12T00:31:18ZdeuSwiss Chemical SocietyCHIMIA0009-42932673-24242023-08-01777/810.2533/chimia.2023.468For the Sake of Making MoleculesAntonio Togni0Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, CH-8093 ZurichThe aim of this article, while reviewing part of my research activities, is to illustrate the somewhat chaotic way leading from one specific topic to another – from e.g. ferrocenyl ligands for asymmetric catalysis, to asymmetric fluorination, to reagents for perfluoroalkylation, just to mention some of the most fruitful ones. That the way meandering through several areas of research in chemical synthesis can be described as chaotic is not primarily due to my inability to plan the work of my research group. In the contrary, it is argued that academic research, viewed as mean to educating and forming young researchers, should resist the temptation towards an increasing projectification, milestone mentality, the myth of societal relevance, and consciously aim for a more anarchical trait, much in the sense of Feyerabend’s “anything goes”.https://www.chimia.ch/chimia/article/view/7022Academic researchAnything goesEpistemological anarchismProjectification |
| spellingShingle | Antonio Togni For the Sake of Making Molecules CHIMIA Academic research Anything goes Epistemological anarchism Projectification |
| title | For the Sake of Making Molecules |
| title_full | For the Sake of Making Molecules |
| title_fullStr | For the Sake of Making Molecules |
| title_full_unstemmed | For the Sake of Making Molecules |
| title_short | For the Sake of Making Molecules |
| title_sort | for the sake of making molecules |
| topic | Academic research Anything goes Epistemological anarchism Projectification |
| url | https://www.chimia.ch/chimia/article/view/7022 |
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