Research report 2008 - Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
Catalysis and natural product synthesis – a strong partnership
Authors
Fürstner, Alois
Departments
Synthetische Organische Chemie (Prof. Dr. Manfred Reetz)
MPI für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr
Summary
Natural Products provide constant inspiration for the development of new synthetic methods, in particular in the realm of homogeneous catalysis. At the same time, they constitute important tools for biochemical, biological and medicinal purposes as exemplified by selected projects from the laboratory of the author.