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Flow chemistry has grown in stature as a technique with the potential to deliver synthetic complexity with assembly-line-like efficiency. Application of flow technology to the front-line antimalarial drug artemisinin promises to revolutionalize treatment.

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Figure 1: Continuous generation of the antimalarial drug artemisinin 1 from dihydroartemisinic acid 3 using flow chemistry.

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  1. Kevin Booker-Milburn is in the School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK,

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Booker-Milburn, K. A light touch to a deadly problem. Nature Chem 4, 433–435 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1356

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