In eight steps to a natural product
The eight-step path to natural product shedding light on its biosynthesis and reveal its relationship to the pigment purpurogallin.
11-Sep-2015 -
Researchers led by Dirk Trauner, Professor of Chemical Biology and Genetics at LMU Munich, describe the biomimetic synthesis of epicolactone, a compound which was first isolated from an endophytic fungus. "What we have accomplished is one of the shortest and most elegant total syntheses of a ...
Epicoccum
Epicoccum nigrum
epicolactone
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