Total synthesis of (+)-gelsedine

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 38, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2214-2217

  Beyersbergen Van Henegouwen, Winfred G ^a   Fieseler, Rutger M ^a   Rutjes, Floris P J T ^a   Hiemstra, Henk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Allenes; Natural products; Spiro compounds; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

GELSEDINE; INDOLE ALKALOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; ENANTIOMER; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0000825815     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990802)38:15<2214::AID-ANIE2214>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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