Cover Picture: Total Syntheses of Amphidinolides B1, B4, G1, H1 and Structure Revision of Amphidinolide H2 (Chem. Eur. J. 16/2009)

Highly cytotoxic amphidinolide macrolides have been prepared in a highly convergent and largely catalysis-based route. In their Full Paper on page 3983 ff., and two subsequent papers, A. Furstner et al. describe the total synthesis and biological evaluation of amphidinolide B1, B4, G1, H1, H2, V, X, and Y, as well as several analogues.