title: Making carbon-nitrogen bonds in biological and chemical synthesis.
abstract: The function of many biologically active molecules requires the presence of carbon-nitrogen bonds in strategic positions. The biosynthetic pathways leading to such bonds can be bypassed through chemical synthesis to synthesize natural products more efficiently and also to generate the molecular diversity unavailable in nature.
authors.affiliation: Davenport Research Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada.
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hili
authors.forename: Andrei K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Yudin
mesh_terms: D001685:Biological Factors / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001685:Biological Factors; D002244:Carbon; D009584:Nitrogen; D010100:Oxygen