Studies in Natural Products Chemistry

Atta-ur-Rahman, Professor Emeritus, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry and Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research), University of Karachi, Pakistan, was the Pakistan Federal Minister for Science and Technology (2000-2002), Federal Minister of Education (2002), and Chairman of the Higher Education Commission with the status of a Federal Minister from 2002-2008. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (FRS) and an UNESCO Science Laureate. He is a leading scientist with more than 1283 publications in several fields of organic chemistry.

• PrefaceForewordContributorsSynthetic Routes to the Oxahydrindene Subunit of the Avermectinmilbemycin Family of Antiparasitic Agents: A ReviewA New Tandem Process and its Application to the Syntheses of Macrolide AntibioticsStereoselective Synthetic and Mechanistic Chemistry of BicyclomycinThe Role of Isocyanides in the Synthesis of β-Lactam Antibiotics and Related CompoundsSynthesis of the 1β-Methylcarbapenem Key IntermediatesChemical Studies of the Taxane DiterpenesRecent Advances in the Synthesis of Tumor-Promoting DiterpenesHydroxylated Indolizidines and Their SynthesisA Survey of Indolo [2,3-a] Carbazole Alkaloids and Related Natural ProductsSynthetic Methodology For 2-Amino Alcohols of Biological InterestStereoselective Synthesis of Natural Products Via Cationic and Radical IntermediatesSubject Index