Studies towards the synthesis of the marine metabolite, octalactin A

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 47, 1997, Pages 8245-8248

  Hulme, Alison N ^a   Howells, Garnet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC AGENT; OCTALACTIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STREPTOMYCES;

STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0030710464     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(97)10127-7     Document Type: Article

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