Phil Baran, Hang Chu and Shuhei Kawamura, Scripps Research Institute (IMAGE)

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Phil Baran, Hang Chu and Shuhei Kawamura, Scripps Research Institute

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Authors of the new study included (left to right) Phil Baran, Hang Chu and Shuhei Kawamura, pictured here at a whiteboard showing the team's 19-step synthesis of phorbol, including the incorporation a dramatic cascade transformation of 13 different chemical events occurring in one flask.

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Photo courtesy of The Scripps Research Institute.

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