Special CCE Seminar

     The chemical synthesis of natural products provides an exciting platform from which to conduct fundamental research in chemistry and biology.  Our laboratory has ongoing research programs targeting the chemical syntheses of several natural products, including members of the epidithiodiketopiperazines, the ent-kauranoids, and the acutumine alkaloids.  The densely packed arrays of heteroatoms and stereogenic centers that constitute these polycyclic targets challenge the limits of current technology and inspire the development of new synthetic strategies and tactics.  This seminar will describe our latest progress in both our methodological and target-directed synthesis endeavors.