Ebook: Synthesis of Marine Natural Products 2: Nonterpenoids

Volumes five and six of Bioorganic Marine Chemistry differ from their predecessors in two respects - they deal exclusively with laboratory synthesis of marine natural products and they represent the effort of a single author and his associates. The rationale for these departures is readily perceived. For several decades organic synthesis has without doubt been the most spectacular branch of organic chemistry. While the late R.B. Woodward's dictum - organic compounds can undergo only four basic reactions: they can gain electrons; they can lose electrons; they can be transformed with acid or with base - is still true, the wealth and variety of available reagents which will accomplish chemical transformations has reached staggering proportions. Little wonder then, that synthetic methodology has achieved a high degree of predictability and total synthesis of natural products has been successfully directed toward ever more challenging targets. As for the second point, that of single authorship, multiple authorship would invariably have led to gaps and overlaps, thus making it difficult to assemble and assess recent research in a systematic and comprehens­ ive fashion.

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This review is devoted to a compilation of the domain of na- tural product synthesis that involves metabolites from mari- ne organisms. The vast amountof material has been roughly organized along structural-biogenetic lines into two volu- mes: the first covers all terpenoid derived structures, the second nonterpenoid (amino acid, heterocyclic, fatty acid and other miscellaneous derived) metabolites. For each metabolite the source is discussed and some of the properties are described that make the compound attractive to synthesis chemists. These are mainly the substances' bio- logical, e.g. antitumor and antiviral activities.

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This review is devoted to a compilation of the domain of na- tural product synthesis that involves metabolites from mari- ne organisms. The vast amountof material has been roughly organized along structural-biogenetic lines into two volu- mes: the first covers all terpenoid derived structures, the second nonterpenoid (amino acid, heterocyclic, fatty acid and other miscellaneous derived) metabolites. For each metabolite the source is discussed and some of the properties are described that make the compound attractive to synthesis chemists. These are mainly the substances' bio- logical, e.g. antitumor and antiviral activities.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Amino Acids and Peptides....Pages 1-68
Fatty Acid Derived Metabolites....Pages 69-157
Nitrogenous Metabolites....Pages 158-248
Miscellaneous Metabolites....Pages 249-310
Summary....Pages 311-311
References....Pages 312-320
Back Matter....Pages 321-322

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This review is devoted to a compilation of the domain of na- tural product synthesis that involves metabolites from mari- ne organisms. The vast amountof material has been roughly organized along structural-biogenetic lines into two volu- mes: the first covers all terpenoid derived structures, the second nonterpenoid (amino acid, heterocyclic, fatty acid and other miscellaneous derived) metabolites. For each metabolite the source is discussed and some of the properties are described that make the compound attractive to synthesis chemists. These are mainly the substances' bio- logical, e.g. antitumor and antiviral activities.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Amino Acids and Peptides....Pages 1-68
Fatty Acid Derived Metabolites....Pages 69-157
Nitrogenous Metabolites....Pages 158-248
Miscellaneous Metabolites....Pages 249-310
Summary....Pages 311-311
References....Pages 312-320
Back Matter....Pages 321-322
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