Importance of Allylic Interactions and Stereoelectronic Effects in Dictating the Steric Course of the Reaction of Iminium Ions with Nucleophiles. An Efficient Total Synthesis of (±)-Gephyrotoxin

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 105, Issue 16, 1983, Pages 5373-5379

  Overman, Larry E ^a   Lesuisse, Dominique ^a   Hashimoto, Mitsunori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEPHYROTOXIN;

DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0021091145     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00354a031     Document Type: Article

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