Concise and efficient total syntheses of alkannin and shikonin

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 839-841

  Nicolaou, K C ^a,b   Hepworth, David ^a,b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Naphthoquinones; Natural products; Oxidations; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031954665     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980403)37:6<839::AID-ANIE839>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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