Designing Synthetic Methods and Natural Products Synthesis

The autobiographical series 'Life Works in Chemistry' provides insights into the lives and thoughts of outstanding researchers in the context of their time. What role does the continuous cycle of hypothesis, experiment, and interpretation play in cutting-edge chemical research? What influence do mentors, colleagues, students, and even competitors have? Successful scientists authentically and personally describe how new developments arise in the natural sciences. Published by the Advisory Board of the History of Chemistry Division in the Society of German Chemists (GDCh).