Asymmetric and Symmetric Total Synthesis
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 5761
Special Issue Editors
2. The Michigan Institute for Data Science, University of Michigan, Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Suite 600, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1042, USA
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Total synthesis of natural products stands as one of the most daunting fields of chemical synthesis. Behind the novelty and beauty of intricate three-dimensional architectures of secondary metabolites lie many challenges that require exquisite precision in the selected synthetic strategies, turning total synthesis into a fine and very demanding art. Among the vast list of synthetic strategies available, those exploiting molecular symmetry can be very powerful and effective and significantly simplify the construction of apparently complex molecular frameworks.
The aim of the present Special Issue on “Asymmetric and Symmetric Total Synthesis” is to emphasize the role of symmetry in natural product synthesis, such as synthesis of symmetric molecules, symmetric strategies to construct molecules or desymmetrization strategies. We invite manuscripts covering a broad range of topics, including (though not limited to) the following:
- Desymmetrization of meso compounds in total synthesis of natural products;
- Catalytic enzymatic processes that involve desymmetrization;
- Total synthesis of highly symmetric natural products;
- Asymmetric total synthesis of highly symmetric products;
- Strategic use of limited molecular symmetry in natural products synthesis either through desymmetrization or by sharing a common fragment.
Dr. Yulia V. Sevryugina
Dr. Oscar Tutusaus
Guest Editors
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