Journal articleAuthors : Fujiyama, Keisuke (2021)
Molecular chirality, discovered by Louis Pasteur in the middle of the 19th century1, is found 3 in most primary and secondary metabolites. Particularly, the so-called natural products are 4 rich in chiral centres2. The stereochemistry of natural products is strictly recognized in living 5 organisms, and is thus closely related to their biological functions. The Diels–Alder (DA) 6 reaction, which forms a six-membered ring with up to four chiral ...