Biomimetic Organic Synthesis, 2 volumes

VOLUME 1PART I BIOMIMETIC TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF ALKALOIDSBiomimetic Synthesis of Ornithine/Arginine and Lysine-Derived Alkaloids: Selected ExamplesBiomimetic Synthesis of Alkaloids Derived from Tyrosine: The Case of FR-901483 and TAN-1251 CompoundsBiomimetic Synthesis of Alkaloids Derived from Tryptophan: Indolemonoterpene AlkaloidsBiomimetic Synthesis of Alkaloids Derived from Tryptophan: Dioxopiperazine AlkaloidsBiomimetic Synthesis of Alkaloids with a Modified Indole NucleusBiomimetic Synthesis of Manzamine AlkaloidsBiomimetic Synthesis of Marine Pyrrole-2-Aminoimidazole and Guanidinium AlkaloidsBiomimetic Syntheses of Alkaloids with a Non-Amino Acid OriginBiomimetic Synthesis of Azole- and Aryl-Peptide AlkaloidsBiomimetic Synthesis of Indole-Oxidized and Complex Peptide AlkaloidsVOLUME 2PART II BIOMIMETIC SYNTHESIS OF TERPENOIDS AND POLYPRENYLATED NATURAL COMPOUNDSBiomimetic Rearrangements of Complex TerpenoidsPolyprenylated Phloroglucinols and XanthonesPART III BIOMIMETIC SYNTHESIS OF POLYKETIDESPolyketide Assembly Mimics and Biomimetic Access to Aromatic RingsBiomimetic Synthesis of Non-Aromatic Polycyclic PolyketidesBiomimetic Synthesis of Polyether Natural Products via Polyepoxide OpeningBiomimetic Electrocyclization Reactions toward Polyketide-Derived Natural ProductsPART IV BIOMIMETIC SYNTHESIS OF POLYPHENOLSBiomimetic Synthesis and Related Reactions of EllagitanninsBiomimetic Synthesis of LignansSynthetic Approaches to the Resveratrol-Based Family of Oligomeric Natural ProductsSequential Reactions Initiated by Oxidative Dearomatization. Biomimicry or Artifact?PART V FRONTIERS IN BIOMIMETIC CHEMISTRY: FROM BIOLOGICAL TO BIO-INSPIRED PROCESSESThe Diels?Alderase Never Ending StoryBio-Inspired Transfer HydrogenationsLife?s Single Chirality: Origin of Symmetry Breaking in BiomoleculesPART VI CONCLUSION: FROM NATURAL FACTS TO CHEMICAL FICTIONSArtifacts and Natural Substances Formed Spontaneously

Erwan Poupon obtained his PhD in Pharmacy under the supervision of Dr. Nicole Kunesch and Prof. Henri-Philippe Husson in 2000. He was subsequently a post-doctoral fellow at the University of California at San Diego - La Jolla with Prof. Emmanuel Theodorakis. He then joined the faculty at the Paris-Sud School of Pharmacy where he is now professor of pharmacognosy. His fields of interest relate to the chemistry of natural products, including biomimetic synthesis and chemical biology.

Bastien Nay followed pharmacy studies before completing his PhD under the guidance of Prof. Joseph Vercauteren at the School of Pharmacy of Bordeaux, France. Having obtained his academic degree in 2000, he joined Prof. Stephen Clark's group as a research associate in the Unviersity of Nottingham, UK, and the Dr. Poupat team at the Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles (CNRS), Gif-sur-Yvette, France. In 2003 he was appointed research scientist at the CNRS, working at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, where he is now responsible for the natural product chemistry team. His research interests concern the thotal synthesis of natural products and associated methodologies.

"The volumes will be widely acclaimed as an important, meticulously researched and engagingly presented contribution unrivalled in comprehensiveness and quality ... A single most thoroughly self-consistent and comprehensively inspiring work that will ensure the continued development in an exciting field." (Current Engineering Practice, 2011)

"The volumes will be widely acclaimed as an important, meticulously researched and engagingly presented
contribution unrivalled in comprehensiveness and quality . . . A single most thoroughly self-consistent and comprehensively inspiring work that will ensure the continued development in an exciting field." (Current Engineering Practice, 2011)