Our recent efforts on the asymmetric total synthesis of three types of Lycopodium alkaloids, i.e., lycodine-type (lycodine and flabellidine), fawcettimine-type (huperzine Q, fawcettimine, and fawcettidine), and miscellaneous-type (lycoposerramine-R) alkaloids, are described, and the merits of biogenetic consideration in the chemical synthesis of natural products are emphasized.
