Indole synthesis by radical cyclization of o-alkenylphenyl isocyanides and its application to the total synthesis of natural products

Chemical Record

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-45

  Tokuyama, Hidetoshi ^a   Fukuyama, Tohru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Indole alkaloids; Indole synthesis; Isocyanides; Radical cyclization

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FREE RADICAL; GELSEMINE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; NITRILE; PHENYLISOCYANIDE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; VINBLASTINE; VINDOLINE;

CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CYCLIZATION; FREE RADICALS; INDOLES; NITRILES; QUINONES; VINBLASTINE;

EID: 0002527986     PISSN: 15278999     EISSN: 15280691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tcr.10008     Document Type: Article

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