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Cover Picture: Asymmetric Synthesis of Fortucine and Reassignment of Its Absolute Configuration (Chem. Eur. J. 25/2014)
Author(s) -
Beaulieu MarcAndré,
Ottenwaelder Xavier,
Canesi Sylvain
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201490099
Subject(s) - analogy , cover (algebra) , mythology , absolute configuration , natural product , product (mathematics) , chemistry , face (sociological concept) , computer science , stereochemistry , mathematics , philosophy , art , literature , epistemology , engineering , linguistics , geometry , mechanical engineering
According to Greek mythology the species of plant Fortune Narcissus of Amarillydaceaes (shown on the right side of the cover illustration) grew exactly where Narcissus drowned while he was admiring his own reflection (or his mirror image) in the water. This story serves as an appropriate analogy for the synthesis of the mirror image of fortucine, a bioactive product isolated from the leaves of this plant, in that the presented asymmetric synthesis has allowed the reassignment of the absolute configuration of the natural product as presented on the top face of the cover. See the Communication by S. Canesi and co‐workers for more details.