title: Synthesis of natural product inspired compound collections.
abstract: Natural products, their derivatives, and their analogues are among the most important sources for new drug candidates and tools for chemical biology and medicinal chemistry research. Therefore, there is a need for the development of efficient synthesis methods which give access to natural product derived and inspired compound collections. To meet this challenge, the requirements of multistep stereoselective syntheses, and the logic and methodology of natural product total synthesis need to be translated and adapted to the methods and formats for the synthesis of compound collections. Recent developments in the synthesis of natural product inspired compound collections having carbocyclic and heterocyclic scaffolds highlight the fact that this goal can be successfully attained. The progress made has paved the way for the integration of natural product inspired compound collections into medicinal chemistry and chemical biology research.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institut für molekulare Physiologie, Otto-Hahn Strasse 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany. kamal.kumar@mpi-dortmund.mpg.de
authors.forename: Kamal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Waldmann
mesh_terms: D001688:Biological Products / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products