Research Output Prize 2007

'Total Synthesis of Pseudolaric Acid A', Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 45, 37 (2006), 6,197¡V201, by Dr GENG Zhe, Dr CHEN Bin and Dr Pauline CHIU.

This communication describes the fi rst total synthesis of the anti-tumor natural product, pseudolaric acid A in the world. The signifi cance of this accomplishment and this research can also be seen from citations of the two previous papers on this research, when some results were reported before the total synthesis had been finished.