Total synthesis of the proposed structure of (+)-tolyporphin A O,O-diacetate

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 923-925

  Minehan, Thomas G ^a   Kishi, Yoshito ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycosides; Natural products; Porphyrinoids; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

ACETOACETIC ACID; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMATOPHORE; CYCLIZATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; OVARY CARCINOMA; OXIDATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033119791     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990401)38:7<923::AID-ANIE923>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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