Expeditious Enantioselective Biomimetic Synthesis of the Nitrarta Alkaloids (+)-Isonitramine and (-)-Sibirine

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 104-105

  François, David ^a   Lallemand, Marie Christine ^a   Selkti, Mohamed ^b   Tomas, Alain ^b   Kunesch, Nicole ^a   Husson, Henri Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Asymmetric synthesis; Biomimetic synthesis; Natural products; Spiro compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031929582     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980202)37:1/2<104::AID-ANIE104>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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