A novel route to pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepin-5-ones. Formal total synthesis of (±)-DC-81

Organic Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1835-1837

  Wang, Tiansheng ^a,b   Lui, Alfred S ^a,c   Cloudsdale, Ian S ^a,d  

^a PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NitroMed Inc   (United States)

^c ROCHE BIOSCIENCE   (United States)

^d JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001093381     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol991100g     Document Type: Article

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