Total Synthesis of Chelerythrine, a Benzo[c]phenanthridine Alkaloid

Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1992, Pages 2002-2006

  Ishii, Hisashi ^a   Ishikawa, Tsutomu ^a   Takeda, Sunao ^a   Suzuki, Masahiro ^a   Harayaya, Takashi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 methylbenzofuran; aryl propargyl ether; basic acylation; cesium fluoride; chelerythrine; Claisen rearrangement; Claisen Schmidt reaction; masked salicylaldehyde

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; BENZO[C]PHENANTHRIDINE DERIVATIVE; CHELERYTHRINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 0026785680     PISSN: 00092363     EISSN: 13475223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/cpb.40.2002     Document Type: Article

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