Total synthesis – Page 5

Podcast

Chemistry World podcast - May 2014

2014-05-08T00:00:00Z

We speak to the ‘sultan of synthesis’, Phil Baran, and Peter James explains how labs can save cash on energy bills

Feature

The sultan of synthesis

2014-04-11T00:00:00Z

Phil Baran is spurring organic chemists to rethink how they make complex compounds, as Mark Peplow discovers

Opinion

Gone to completion

2013-11-26T00:00:00Z

After a 66-step journey, Paul Docherty ponders the future of total synthesis in his final column

Opinion

Marcfortines B & C

2013-11-05T00:00:00Z

Paul Docherty ponders a tasty cheeseboard as a source of synthetic inspiration

Review

More dead ends and detours en route to successful total synthesis

2013-10-28T00:00:00Z

Try, try again

Opinion

Scholarisine A

2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Paul Docherty marvels at a parade of intricate radical reactions

Opinion

Steviol

2013-09-02T00:00:00Z

Sculpting a molecule from a larger whole is an unusual but effective strategy, says Paul Docherty

Opinion

Melotenine A

2013-07-30T00:00:00Z

Paul Docherty extols the virtues of chiral heteroatoms

Opinion

An 'Aye' for details

2013-07-10T00:00:00Z

Small steps by synthetic chemists could mean giant leaps for those who follow, says Karl Collins

Opinion

Bolivianine

2013-06-27T00:00:00Z

A complex terpene gives Paul Docherty a headache

Opinion

Pactamycin

2013-05-29T00:00:00Z

Labelling a molecule 'inaccessible to synthesis' is a red rag to a bull, says Paul Docherty

Opinion

Kingianin A

2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

Paul Docherty faces his fears of frontier molecular orbital theory

Opinion

Acutumine

2013-03-22T00:00:00Z

Polycyclic acutumine ties Paul Docherty up in knots

Opinion

Lyconadin A again

2013-02-28T00:00:00Z

Paul Docherty tackles a serious repeat offender

Opinion

Hyperforin

2013-01-24T00:00:00Z

A flexible natural product synthesis is the key to later drug development

Opinion

Flueggine A

2013-01-02T00:00:00Z

Some exotic heterocyclic chemistry catches Paul Docherty's eye

Opinion

Pentalenolactone A methyl ester

2012-11-27T00:00:00Z

Paul Docherty revises a reaction he never could quite remember

Opinion

Epicoccin G

2012-10-31T00:00:00Z

Paul Docherty gets to grips with some thiodiketopiperazines

Opinion

Prostaglandin F2α

2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Paul Docherty comes face to face with an old adversary

Opinion

Amphidinolide F

2012-08-29T00:00:00Z

Symmetry in natural products isn’t always so apparent