Every chemical reaction has a transition state.

- Derek Barton

It does not seem, however, that organic chemists were much worried about barriers to rotation in organic molecules in general at that time because th…

- Derek Barton

The first serious applications were in triterpenoid chemistry.

- Derek Barton

I do not believe that the present flowering of science is due in the least to a real appreciation of the beauty and intellectual discipline of the su…

- Derek Barton

Many transition states have a well-defined preferred geometrical requirement.

- Derek Barton

God is Truth. There is no incompatibility between science and religion. Both are seeking the same truth. Science shows that God exists.

- Derek Barton

The observations and experiments of science are so wonderful that the truth that they establish can surely be accepted as another manifestation of Go…

- Derek Barton