Total synthesis of (-)-epothilone A

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2483-2491

  Schinzer, Dieter ^a   Bauer, Armin ^a   Böhm, Oliver M ^a   Limberg, Anja ^a   Cordes, Martin ^a  

^a Chemisches Inst Otto von G   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic agents; Epothilones; Macrolides; Natural products

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; EPOTHILONE A; KETONE DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHIRALITY; DRUG PURITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EPOXIDATION; ESTERIFICATION; OPTICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0032869834     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3765(19990903)5:9<2483::AID-CHEM2483>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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