Total Synthesis of Natural Products : At the Frontiers of Organic Chemistry

'total Synthesis Of Natural Products' Is Written And Edited By Some Of Today's Leaders In Organic Chemistry. Eleven Chapters Cover A Range Of Natural Products, From Steroids To Alkaloids. Each Chapter Contains An Introduction To The Natural Product In Question, Descriptions Of Its Biological And Pharmacological Properties And Outlines Of Total Synthesis Procedures Already Carried Out. Particular Emphasis Is Placed On Novel Methodologies Developed By The Respective Authors And Their Research Groups. This Text Is Ideal For Graduate And Advanced Undergraduate Students, As Well As Organic Chemists In Academia And Industry. Nominine -- Nakiterpiosin: A Novel C-nor-d-homosteroid -- The Kinamycins -- A Short Synthesis Of Strychinine From Pyridine -- Bryostatin 7 -- Serratezomine A -- Hypocrellin/cercosporin -- Total Synthesis Of Phomactin A -- (+)-11,11'-dideoxyverticillin A -- Retigeranic Acid -- Companadine A. Edited By Jie Jack Li, E.j. Corey. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Nominine....Pages 1-24 Nakiterpiosin....Pages 25-37 The Kinamycins....Pages 39-65 A Short Synthesis of Strychnine from Pyridine....Pages 67-102 Bryostatin 7....Pages 103-130 Serratezomine A....Pages 131-155 Hypocrellin/Cercosporin....Pages 157-182 Phomactin A....Pages 183-210 (+)-11,11′-Dideoxyverticillin A....Pages 211-233 Retigeranic acid....Pages 235-258 Total Synthesis of the Lycopodium Alkaloid Complanadine A....Pages 259-272 Back Matter....Pages 273-279