Research Work: Accidental, Repetitive or Fundamental?: In the Light of Benzoin Condensation: Part 1

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Ahana Saha¹  Chandan Saha²  Suchandra Chakraborty³ 

[1] Senior Research Fellow Department of Chemistry R Venkat Raman Nagar Kalapet Pondicherry 605 014;Rid. Assistant Prof. of Chemistry Dept. of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology School of Tropical Medicine Kolkata 700 073;Assistant Prof. of Chemistry Dept. of Chemistry The Bhawanipur Education Society College Kolkata

关键词: Fundamental research;    applied research;    benzoin condensation;    organic chemistry;    amygdalin.;   

DOI  :  10.1007/s12045-023-1587-3

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Eminent educators, as well as common people, often question why most of the research work is somewhat repetitive and there are very few options for fundamental research in devel­oping science. So, the elementary question is, "what is funda­mental research?". Scientific research is driven by an exten­sion of previous research. If we demask the word 'research', i.e., 'further searching', it obviously leads to repetitive work. But this repetitive work must be driven by some fundamental values of the researcher. In this article, the authors try to ad­dress this conflict between repetitive research and fundamen­tal research in light of the never-ending journey of benzoin condensation, which has continued for 150 years. With the help of this example, it can be established that the fundamen­tal outcome of the research can be achieved via a continuous extension of the research process.

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