On the power of chemical synthesis

ORGN 575

Samuel Danishefsky, s-danishefsky@ski.mskcc.org, Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory (SKI) and Department of Chemistry (CU), Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research and Columbia University, 1275 York Ave., Box 106, New York, NY 10024
A survey of recently completed total syntheses of biologically active natural products in pursuit of potential medicinal agents.