In conversation with Richmond Sarpong

An hour-long broadcast conversation with organic chemist Richmond Sarpong on skeletal editing, the insertion, deletion or exchange of single atoms within a molecule's core framework, and on his group's strategies for the total synthesis of complex, biologically active natural products from marine and terrestrial sources. The discussion covers how these approaches open new routes in drug discovery and natural-product synthesis, and how researchers turn unconventional ideas into practical chemistry.