Adil Ghani Khan is a final year student of BSc (Honours) in Chemistry at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University.

S V Eswaran is an accomplished Organic Chemist and principal of Deshbandhu College, Delhi University.

The synthesis of this molecule was a landmark in organic synthesis. It involved the masterful control of shapes of molecules to create 9 chiral centres with known absolute and relative configurations. The concepts of absolute and induced asymmetric synthesis are here explained.

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Adil Ghani Khan and
S V Eswaran
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