Discussion

Research and Teaching at universities produces vast amounts of chemical compounds, often novel and unavailable on the global market. With completion of the projects many of those compounds have no further use, and end up being stored until final disposal. To maximise the value of these chemicals, a unique initiative was established in the School of Chemistry of the University of Nottingham called Nottingham Research Chemicals (NRC). This pioneering project allows the introduction of chemicals from research and teaching to the market via collaboration with our industrial partner – Key Organics Ltd. Since mid-2015, the NRC project has introduced a selection of compounds that resulted from teaching and research and continues to grow its portfolio to highlight the state-of-the-art research and teaching ongoing at the University of Nottingham.