Galbulimima Alkaloids.

This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of recent achievements in the area of Galbulimima alkaloids. Following a discussion of the isolation of Galbulimima alkaloids and structural features of members of this fascinating family of secondary metabolites, biological properties of selected compounds are briefly discussed. Furthermore, the proposed biosynthetic routes toward Galbulimima alkaloids are outlined. The main section of the chapter is devoted to a detailed discussion and comparison of all total syntheses of Galbulimima alkaloids published to date.