Where was the acyl chloride group? Or the highly acidic functionality? Instead, capsaicin has a rather unexciting structure — an amide group here, a phenol there, connected with a good deal of ...

The method involves combining three chemicals: an amine "head," two alkyl epoxide "tails" and, finally, two acyl chloride "branched tails." The completed lipidoid's resemblance to a space shuttle ...