Synthetic Studies Toward the Alkaloids

Overview

Journal Synthesis (Stuttg)

Publisher Thieme

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2024 Jul 31

PMID 39081875

Authors

Jake M Aquilina

Myles W Smith

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Abstract

The alkaloids are a relatively small family of plant-derived alkaloids that present an intriguing array of structural intricacy and biological properties. As such, these natural products have drawn interest from the synthetic community, resulting in creative total syntheses of several family members. This review showcases recent synthetic efforts towards these polycyclic alkaloids.

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