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ReviewChemical reviews2017

Navigating the Chiral Pool in the Total Synthesis of Complex Terpene Natural Products.

Zachary G Brill, Matthew L Condakes, Chi P Ting, Thomas J Maimone

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Review in Chemical reviews, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

92 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Zachary G BrillDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Matthew L CondakesDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Chi P TingDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Thomas J MaimoneDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5823-692X

Funding

Synthesis of Complex Terpenes From Simple Precursors: RenewalR01GM116952 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI MAIMONE, THOMAS JOHN · 2016 to 2024
$2.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM116952
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pool of abundant chiral terpene building blocks (i.e., "chiral pool terpenes") has long served as a starting point for the chemical synthesis of complex natural products, including many terpenes themselves. As inexpensive and versatile starting materials, such compounds continue to influence modern synthetic chemistry. This review highlights 21st century terpene total syntheses which themselves use small, terpene-derived materials as building blocks. An outlook to the future of research in this area is highlighted as well.

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Biological ProductsMolecular ConformationTerpenesBiological ProductsTerpenes

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PMID28293944
PMCPMC5638449

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