Vitomir S ˇ unjic´ l Michael J. Parnham

2011

Organic Synthesis in Action

Describing the intrinsic attraction of basic research in organic synthesis, Elias J. Corey, Nobel Laureate in 1990, wrote in 1988: “The appeal of a problem in synthesis and its attractiveness can be expected to reach a level out of all proportion to practical considerations, whenever it presents a clear challenge to the creativity, originality and imagination of the expert in synthesis” [1].