Aflatoxin total synthesis

Aflatoxin total synthesis concerns the organic chemistry, the organic synthesis of aflatoxins serve different purposes. Traditionally it served to prove the structure of a complex biocompound in addition to evidence obtained from spectroscopy. It also demonstrates new concepts in organic chemistry (reagents, reaction types) and it also opens the way to molecular derivatives not found in nature. Last but not least a synthetic biocompound is a commercial alternative to isolating the compound from natural resources. Aflatoxins in particular add another dimension because it is suspected that they have been mass produced in the past from biological sources as part of a biological weapons program.