Resolution, chiral synthesis or what? Studies in alkaloid chemistry

Abstract

Experiences show that important biological activities of chiral natural products are related with their absolute configuration therefore the methods providing single enantiomers are of utmost importance. The question is, what are the best known methods to produce them? To try to answer that essential question the lecture is going to present some experiences gained while working on the total synthesis of several important alkaloids. © 1999 IUPAC.