Toward the synthesis of peloruside A: Fragment synthesis and coupling studies

Organic Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 599-602

  Paterson, Ian ^a   Di Francesco, M Emilia ^a   Kühn, Toralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; BORON; CARBON; MACROLIDE; PACLITAXEL; PELORUSIDE A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; LACTONE; TUBULIN MODULATOR;

ALDOL REACTION; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; SPONGE (PORIFERA); STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; LACTONES; PORIFERA; STEREOISOMERISM; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

EID: 0001687103     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol034035q     Document Type: Article

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