Evaluation Report Publications of the Academy of Finland 1/11

Research profile
The research spans a broad range of topics, differing in classes of starting materials 
and target applications. The unifying themes for the five subgroups are natural 
products/bioactive compounds and the methods for synthesis and characterisation. 
Themes in the evaluation period have been various aspects of covalent and non-
covalent chemistry of biomolecules/natural products, including nucleic acids and 
wood-derived natural products, as well as organic chemistry in the drug discovery 
area. The unit is also active in research on chemistry teaching.