Total synthesis of the antimitotic marine natural product (+)-curacin A

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 6556-6562

  Wipf, Peter ^a   Xu, Wenjing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; CURACIN A;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0029836750     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo960845m     Document Type: Article

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