Tags: Organic Seminar

Our laboratory has long focused on the development of especially concise strategies for the synthesis of structurally complex natural products with compelling biological activities. These exploits are usually destined to provide opportunities for deeper studies of their mechanism of action or aspects of their biosynthesis. To aid in these goals, we often design strategies that are amenable to the procurement of multiple members of a family of…
Photochemistry offers precise spatiotemporal control over chemical reactivity, enabling selective transformations using light as an external stimulus rather than conventional chemical reagents. In principle, such control could enable targeted drug activation, real-time imaging, and localized release of bioactive molecules while minimizing off-target effects. However, photo-medical methods are currently limited to mostly topical and subcutaneous…