Chemical synthesis is the process by which one or more chemical reactions are performed with the aim of converting a reactant or starting material into a product or multiple products. Chemical ...

Here, the authors report a concise synthesis of artatrovirenols A and B in 9 and 8 steps, respectively, featuring a bioinspired [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction to construct the tetracyclic core.

Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Key Laboratory of Special Environmental Functional Materials (Zhengzhou University), and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, ...

Certain species of flies–including blow flies and house flies–can be viewed as nature’s composite samplers of fecal material in the terrestrial environment. Environmental samples are typically ...