2. Taxol Snippets
• http://www.3dchem.co
m/molecules.asp?ID=34

3. Forming Desired Enantiomers
• The use of chiral auxiliaries to form the
desired enantiomer.
http://www.chemocare.com/bio/taxol.asp

4. Chiral Auxiliaries
• A chiral auxiliary is a chemical compound or
unit that is temporarily incorporated into an
organic synthesis so that it can be carried out
asymmetrically with the selective formation of
one of two enantiomers.
• Chiral auxiliaries are optically active
compounds and introduce chirality in
otherwise racemic compounds.

5. Race ……
• http://www.org-
chem.org/yuuki/taxol/taxol_en.html