Yield was 6% to 29% from pyridine. I would bet the process that the plant uses has a much better yield and uses much less energy.The plant probably synthesizes the left—handed molecule predominately, whereas our chemical procedures have both left and right sided molecules coming out of the reaction tank.....they mentioned that other analogs were produced...that means they didn’t just get their desired molecule only..they got other undesired compounds...pretty sloppy, but state of the art.
Funny how the tiny cells of the plant can make, with high specificity and low energy, a desired molecule in a microscopic confined space. Wonder how it “learned” how to do that.
Totally random accident occurrence they would have us believe............
If you are not a chemist, it is difficult to understand that 6-29% yield for a 6-7 steps synthesis is an excellent number, especially for a synthetic scheme that produced the desired product first time. Usually this process can be optimized and/or changed with time to achieved even better efficiency.