Quinine, the symbol of the XXII Ibero-American Chemistry Olympiad-2017

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Keywords:

quinine, organic synthesis, natural products

Abstract

Quinine, present in the bark of the cinchona tree, native to the South American Andes, is one of the natural medicines that has saved more lives in the history of humanity. Its economic importance, as a treatment for malaria, generated a search for its synthetic route. This promoted the development of organic synthesis and marked the beginning of industrial organic chemistry. Quinine, a compound so connected not only with the history of Peru but also with that of organic synthesis, was highlighted in the XXII Ibero-American Chemistry Olympiad-2017.

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Author Biographies

  • Javier Nakamatsu, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
    Doctor en química investigador y profesor de química de la PUCP, integrante del Comité Permanente de la Olimpiada Peruana de Química y miembro organizador de la XXII Olimpiada Iberoamericana de Química, OIAQ-2017.  

  • Patricia Gonzales Gil, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
    Doctora en bioquímica investigadoar y profesora de química de la PUCP, integrante del Comité Permanente de la Olimpiada Peruana de Química y miembro organizador de la XXII Olimpiada Iberoamericana de Química, OIAQ-2017.

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Published

2019-04-04

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 2 (2018)

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Papers

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How to Cite

Quinine, the symbol of the XXII Ibero-American Chemistry Olympiad-2017. (2019). Revista de Química, 32(2), 17-26. https://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/quimica/article/view/20716