Marine natural products (MNPs) are bioactive metabolites produced by marine microorganisms, algae, invertebrates, and other marine organisms. They are characterized by novel molecular scaffolds, complex stereochemical structures, a high abundance of halogenated compounds, and diverse biological ...
In pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals, many molecules are chiral: the same molecular formula and connectivity may exist as two non-superimposable mirror-image forms (enantiomers). (With only one stereogenic center, there is usually one enantiomeric pair; with multiple stereocenters, multiple ...