Sviluppo di nuove metodologie organcatalitiche e foto-organocatalitiche asimmetriche, sintesi totale di composti naturali e sviluppo di software per retrosintesi guidata da computer

In this manuscript the development of new organocatalytic asymmetric methodologies and photocatalytic methodologies for application in organic synthesis are discussed (sometimes with project failure). Moreover, an attempt of total synthesis of the norcembranoid diterpenes family extracted from "Sinularia Coral" and other natural sources carried out at the University of Texas at Dallas is discussed. Finally, the development of a sfotware to help program a synthetic sequence from scretch is discussed, with some examples.