15 Bioinspired organic chemistry

Abstract

The interface between chemistry and biology has become increasingly blurred as biological processes are understood in molecular terms and they enter the domain that is perhaps more accurately described as chemistry. This provides inspiration for creating new molecular systems and greater insight into how to reproduce similar processes through de novo designs. This article reviews the literature from 2003 in areas involving organic chemistry that have been inspired in some way by the form, function or methods found in biological systems.