Mousseron. His research interests include the total synthesis of oxygenated cyclic and non cyclic metabolites of polyunsaturated fatty acids, mainly leukotrienes, iso-, phyto-and neuroprostanes, as well as dihydroxylated PUFAs and more recently lipophenols and the understanding of the role of such bioactive lipids and lipophenols by developing collaborations with chemists, biochemists, biologists and clinicians across the world. Jean-Marie Galano studied chemistry at Paul Cézanne Université Marseille and obtained his PhD under the supervision of Honoré Monti in 2001. He then moved to the University of Oxford to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship with David H. Hodgson on the development of new methods for the total synthesis of natural products. In October 2005 he joined the CNRS as a Chargé de Recherche at Université of Montpellier. His research focuses on the total synthesis and discovery of new lipid metabolites, and to discover their potential implications in human health.
AbstractMany natural products contain tetrahydrofuran (THF) moieties. Those molecules, often biologically active, may be structurally diverse, e.g. cis or trans THF, mono-, di-, tri-or tetrasubstituted on the furan ring. Thus, the construction of THF is of great interest for the community of organic chemists; especially in developing new methodologies, and applying them in the total synthesis of natural products. The aim of this review is to report recent advances in the field of THF synthesis, as well as the application of these methods to the synthesis of bioactive compounds.