A general strategy for the synthesis of alkaloids of the Aizoaceae and Amaryllidaceae families (S.F. Martin). Recent developments in the synthesis of vindoline and vindoline-like compounds (B. Danieli, G. Lesma, G. Palmisano). Total synthesis of cytotoxic cyclic peptides of marine origin (T. Shioiri, Y. Hamada). From a-amino acids to amino sugars (J. Jurczak, A. Golebiowski). Higher carbon sugars (J.S. Brimacombe). The synthesis of the heptose region of gram-negative bacterial core oligosaccharides (K. Dziewiszek, A. Banaszek, A. Zamojski). Hexopyranose nucleosides (K. Antonakis). Synthesis of oligonucleotides (T. Tanaka, M. Ikehara). Total synthesis of enantiomerically pure anthracyclinones (K. Krohn, V.S. Ekkundi). The synthesis of prenylated phenolic compounds (M.A. Vela, N.H. Fischer). Highly efficient syntheses of natural drimanic sesquiterpenes, (+)-confertifolin, (+)-isodrimenin, (+)-euryfuran, and (-)-warburganal (T. Nakano). Synthesis of thienamycin and related beta-lactams from 3-hydroxybutyric acid (G.I. Georg). Optically active sulfoxides and low-valent titanium in asymmetric synthesis of natural products (G. Solladie). Benzyne cyclisation revisited (S.V. Kessar). Natural product synthesis via phosphonium ylides (H.J. Bestmann). Synthesis of bioactive natural products through the Diels-Alder reaction (A. Ichihara). Remote functionalization of camphor: synthesis of chiral intermediates for natural product synthesis (T. Money). New chemistry of vitamin C (G. Fodor, K. Sussangkarn). Subject Index.
