The power of singlet oxygen chemistry in biomimetic syntheses

Singlet oxygen is a reagent that is synonymous with biomimetic synthetic strategies. In an attempt to validate this statement, we offer a brief survey of our work, both past and current, employing singlet oxygen in the field of biomimetically inspired natural product synthesis. The natural products discussed herein are the litseaverticillols, prunolides, and premnalane A.