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Maitotoxin: An Inspiration for Synthesis, K. C. Nicolaou, R. J. Aversa, Isr. J. Chem. 2011, 51, 359–377.

The Art of Total Synthesis Through Cascade Reactions, K. C. Nicolaou, J. S. Chen, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2009, 38, 2993–3009.


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Total Synthesis and and Absolute Configuration of the Bisanthraquinones Antibiotic BE-43472B, K. C. Nicolaou, Yee Hwee Lim, Jochen Becker, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 3444-3448.

Inspriations, Discoveries, and Future Perspectives in Total Synthesis, K. C. Nicolaou, J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 951-972.


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Total Synthesis and Revised Structure of Biyouyanagin A, K. C. Nicolaou, David Sarlah, David M. Shaw, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 4587.

Molecular Design and Chemical Synthesis of a Highly Potent Epothilone, K. C. Nicolaou, B. A. Pratt, S. Arseniyadis, M. Wartmann, A. O’Brate, P. Giannakakou, Chem. Med. Chem. 2006, 1, 41-44.


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Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions in Total Synthesis, K. C. Nicolaou, P. G. Bulger, D. Sarlah, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 4442-4489.

Structural Revision and Total Synthesis of Azaspiracid-1. Part 1: Intelligence Gathering and Tentative Proposal, K. C. Nicolaou, S. Vyskocil, T.V. Koftis, Y. M. A. Yamada, T. Ling, D. Y.-K. Chen, W. Tang, G. Petrovic, M. O. Frederick, Y. Li, M. Satake, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 4312-4318.


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Tandem Reactions, Cascade Sequences and Biomimetic Strategies in Total Synthesis, K. C. Nicolaou, T. Montagnon, and S. Snyder, Chem. Comm. 2003, 5, 551-564.

Discovery and Optimization of Non-Steroidal FXR Agonists from Natural Product-like Libraries, K. C. Nicolaou, R. M. Evans, A. J. Roecker, R. Hughes, M. Downes, and J. A. Pfefferkorn, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2003 1, 908-920.


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The CP Molecule Labyrinth: A Paradigm of How Endeavors in Total Synthesis Lead to Discoveries and Inventions in Organic Synthesis, K. C. Nicolaou and P. S. Baran, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 2678-2720.

The Diels-Alder Reaction in Total Synthesis, K. C. Nicolaou, S. A. Snyder, T. Montagnon, G. E. Vassilikogiannakis, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 1668-1698.


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Art and Science of Total Synthesis at the Dawn of the the Twenty-First Century, K. C. Nicolaou, D. Vourloumis, N. Winssinger, P. S. Baran, Angew. Chem. 2000, 112, 46-126.; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2000, 39, 44-122.

The Chemistry, Biology and Medicine of the Glycopeptide Antibiotics, K. C. Nicolaou, C. N. C. Boddy, S. Bräse, N. Winssinger, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1999, 38, 2096-2152.


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Total Synthesis of Brevetoxin A. 1. First Generation Strategy and Construction of BCD Ring System, K. C. Nicolaou, M. E. Bunnage, D. G. McGarry, S. Shi, P. K. Somers, P. A. Wallace, X.-J. Chu, K. A. Agrios, J. L. Gunzner, Z. Yang, Chem. Eur. J. 1999, 5, 599-617.

Chemical Biology of Epothilones, K. C. Nicolaou, F. Roschangar, D. Vourloumis, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1998, 37, 2014-2045.


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Zaragozic Acid A/Squalestatin S1: Synthetic and Retrosynthetic Studies, Kyriacos C. Nicolaou, Eddy W. Yue, Yoshimitsu Naniwa, Francesco De Riccardis, Alan Nadin, James E. Leresche, Susan La Greca, and Zhen Yang, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1994, 33, 2184-2187.

The Art and Science of Organic and Natural Products Synthesis, K. C. Nicolaou, E. J. Sorensen, N. Winssinger, J. Chem. Ed. 1998, 75, 1225-1258.


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Chemistry and Biology of Taxol, Kyriacos C. Nicolaou, Wei-Min Dai, and Rodney Kiplin Guy, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1994, 33, 15-44.

Total Synthesis of Taxol, K.C. Nicolaou, Z. Yang, J.J. Liu, H. Ueno, P.G. Nantermet, R.K. Guy, C.F. Claiborne, J. Renaud, E.A. Couladouros, K. Paulvannan, and E. J. Sorensen, Nature 1994, 367, 630-634.


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The Magic of Enediyne Chemistry, K. C. Nicolaou, Chemistry in Britain 1994, 30, 33.

Golfomycin A, a Novel Designed Molecule with DNA-Cleaving Properties and Antitumor Activity, K. C. Nicolaou, Golfo Skokotas, S. Furuya, H. Suemune, and D. Colette Nicolaou, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1990, 29, 1064.

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Diazonamide A
Brevetoxin B
Brevetoxin A
Benzopyran Libraries
Calicheamicin
CP molecules (C&EN)
CP molecules (science)
Eleutherobin
Epothilones (C&EN)
Epothilones (science)
Epothilones (nature)
Everninomicin
Rapamycin
Sarcodictyins Library
Sciencewatch 1997
Sciencewatch 1998
Taxol (C&EN)
Taxol (nature)
Vancomycin
Zaragozic Acid