Emerging Approaches to Natural Product Synthesis and Derivatization

The aim of this corse is to explore and develop innovative strategies for the design, construction, and modification of complex natural products. Particular emphasis will be placed on harnessing emerging technologies such as photochemistry and electrochemistry to enable selective transformations and late-stage functionalizations that expand the chemical space of bioactive molecules. By integrating modern concepts in asymmetric synthesis, carbon-carbon bond formation, and retrosynthetic analysis with these novel approaches, the course seeks to establish efficient and versatile methodologies for accessing both natural scaffolds and their tailored derivatives. The course will be delivered by instructors with deep expertise in total synthesis and state-of-the-art synthetic methodologies.