Recent findings in the field of total synthesis of natural product targets

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Samuel J. Danishefsky, s-danishefsky@ski.mskcc.org, Laboratory for Bioorganic Chemistry, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, 1275 York Ave. (Box 106), New York, N.Y. 10021 and, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, Havemeyer Hall, 3000 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
Natural products provide exciting and stimulating structures, which challenge the imaginations (and endurance) of organic chemists. One or more recent examples, fresh from the field of combat, will be described.