A novel aldol condensation with 2-methyl-4-pentenal and its application to an improved total synthesis of epothilone B

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 2675-2678

  Balog, Aaron ^a   Harris, Christina ^a   Savin, Kenneth ^a   Zhang, Xiu Guo ^c   Chou, Ting Chao ^c   Danishefsky, Samuel J ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aldol reactions; Epothilones; Natural products; Suzuki coupling; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032538477     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19981016)37:19<2675::AID-ANIE2675>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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