What are the themes of the Medicinal Chemistry Skills Competition?

Drug design and optimization, drug synthesis, drug analysis and identification.

1. Drug design and optimization: Contestants need to use chemical knowledge and skills to design and optimize the molecular structure of drugs for specific diseases or targets. This includes improvements to existing drugs or the development of entirely new drug molecules.

2. Drug synthesis: Contestants need to demonstrate the ability to synthesize complex organic compounds in a laboratory environment. This includes skills in multi-step synthesis, catalytic reactions, green chemistry, and more.

3. Drug analysis and identification: Contestants need to use various analytical techniques (such as spectrum, chromatography, mass spectrometry, etc.) to conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis of drug samples to determine their purity, structure, content and other information .