BOSS XI… Or What I Did On My Summer Holidays
I’m still ‘out of the office’ just now - on holiday with my family back in Embra (Edinburgh to non-natives), but the conference ended yesterday, so I thought I’d write a bit about what was discussed. The gist of the conference was five days of organic synthesis - and only one lecture theatre, so no timetabling issues. The lectures were also all scheduled to last the same 60 minutes - which I’m surprised to say was mostly adhered to. No random Sharpless 2h+ ramblings…
Day 1. (Carreira Day)
A tradition of the conference
Cyanthiwigin F
Stoltz and Enquist. Nature, 2008, 453, 1228. DOI: 10.1038/nature07046. 
We’re going high-concept again, here… but before it all gets complex, let’s examine the why before the how. The cyanthiwigins are pretty diverse biological agents, with antimicrobial and antineoplastic activities, along with nerve growth factor stimulation; this particular beastie has some moderate cytoxicity
