A one-pot tandem Pictet-Spengler-Diels-Alder synthesis of apoyohimbines from 3-carbomethoxy-2-(formylmethyl)-3-sulfolene

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 3071-3074

  Leonard, John ^a   Hague, Andrew B ^a   Jones, Martin F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; YOHIMBINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0030937805     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(97)00547-9     Document Type: Article

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