A team of scientists, from the University of Bath's Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability have found a way to create two of the world's most common painkillers, paracetamol and ibuprofen, out of a compound found in pine trees, one which is also a waste product from the paper industry.
I noticed the PDF is available if you simply throw the article title into scholar.google.com .
Edit: Wait, it is just open-access. https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cssc.202300670
That’s awesome! Kudos to the European Chemical Society, ACS loves their paywall