Short description This book is a must for every synthetic chemist. With didactic skill and clarity, K. C. Nicolaou and E. Sorensen present the most remarkable and ingenious total syntheses from outstanding synthetic organic chemists.
From the contents Constructing the Molecules of Nature Strychnine (Woodward) Strychnine (Overman) Penicillin V (Sheehan) Reserpine (Woodward) Vitamin B12 (Woodward) Progesterone (Johnson) Prostaglandins F2-alpha and E2 (Corey) Prostaglandins A2 and F2-alpha (Stork) Carpanone (Chapman) Monensin (Kishi) Monensin (Still) Biotin (Baggiolini) Periplanone B (Still) Periplanone B (Schreiber) Isocomene (Pirrung) Estrone (Vollhardt) Erythronolide B (Corey) Endiandric Acids A-G (Nicolaou) Thienamycin (Merck) Asteltoxin (Schreiber) Amphotericin B (Nicolaou) L-Hexoses (Masamune & Sharpless) Cytovaricin (Evans) Indolizamycin (Danishefsky) Ginkgolide B (Corey) Paoniflorigenin and Paoniflorin (Corey) Methyl homosecodaphniphyllate (Heathcock) Gilvocarcin M and V (Suzuki) Calicheamicin gamma-1I (Nicolaou) Taxol (Nicolaou) Rapamycin (Nicolaou) Menthol (Noyori) Palytoxin (Kishi) Brevetoxin B (Nicolaou)
