Total Synthesis of Natural Products · Chemistry
How to use retrosynthesis resources, and visualize molecules better due to the new reactions that we explored.
I leaned a bit about interesting synthesis
A variety of reactions in order to synthesize cyclopropanes, cyclobutanes, etc. all the way up to complex spirocyclic systems. This included modern radical methods as well as older, well-documented approaches.
It is a student oriented, well-structured class. Great because Chris is the glue in between the professors and the material discussed + assignments.
I would recommend the course based on the first half but not the second half. 1 Columbia University: Arts & Sciences Spring 2025 Course: CHEMGU4149_001_2025_1-TotalSynthesisofNaturalProducts : CHEMGU4149_001_2025_1 - Total Synthesis of Natural Products Instructor: Makeda Tekle Smith