Synthesis of Natural Products.pptxVIP

Synthesis of Natural ProductsNatural Products can be extracted from plants and microbes so why is synthesis needed?Possible reasons include:1) The plant or microbe may be rare or only contain small quantities of the natural product making extraction difficult or expensive2) There may be very high demand for the natural product commercially so even if it can be extracted easily the natural sources may not be sufficient to supply the demand3) During synthesis alterations to the structure of a natural product may be made increasing its usefulness ExamplesSynthesis of Vanillin (a phenolic flavour