The intramolecular addition of an aryl radical to a pyridine provides a short entry to toddaquinoline

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 32, 1998, Pages 5875-5876

  Harrowven, David C ^a   Nunn, Michael I T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cyclisation; Natural products; Polycyclic heterocyclic compounds; Pyridines; Quinolines; Radicals and radical reactions; Wittig reactions

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; NATURAL PRODUCT; PYRIDINE; RADICAL; TODDAQUINOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; PLANT ROOT; REACTION ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0032490963     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(98)01187-3     Document Type: Article

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