Any hardcore chemists out there might be interested in this paper, published in Organic Letters by a team of researchers from Niigata University. It details the synthesis of one of nature’s craziest compounds, Salvinorin-A, found in Salvia divinorum.
For a bit more background and pharmacology, you might want to check out my Salvia presentation.
Interesting stuff!
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