A strategy for total synthesis of complex cardenolides

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 6760-6761

  Deng, Wei ^a,b   Jensen, Mark S ^a   Overman, Larry E ^a   Rucker, Paul V ^a   Vionnet, Jean Paul ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Security Inks Division   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDENOLIDE;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0029850449     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo961209r     Document Type: Article

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