Taxol Snippets

• http://www.3dchem.com/molecules.asp?ID=34

Forming Desired Enantiomers

• The use of chiral auxiliaries to form the desired enantiomer. http://www.chemocare.com/bio/taxol.asp

Chiral Auxiliaries

• A chiral auxiliary is a chemical compound or unit that is temporarily incorporated into an organic synthesis so that it can be carried out asymmetrically with the selective formation of one of two enantiomers.

• Chiral auxiliaries are optically active compounds and introduce chirality in otherwise racemic compounds.

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• http://www.org-chem.org/yuuki/taxol/taxol_en.html