Synthesis of enantiomerically pure morphine alkaloids: The hydrophenanthrene route

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 5908-5918

  Trauner, Dirk ^a   Bats, Jan W ^b   Werner, Andreas ^a   Mulzer, Johann ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR ORGANISCHE CHEMIE   (Austria)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCODONE; MORPHINE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CYCLIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENANTIOMER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032555441     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo9805394     Document Type: Article

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