Total synthesis of (±)-gelsemine

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 38, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 2934-2936

  Madin, Andrew ^a   O'Donnell, Christopher J ^a   Oh, Taeboem ^a   Old, David W ^a   Overman, Larry E ^a   Sharp, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Palladium; Pericyclic reactions; Rearrangements; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; GELSEMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; HIGHER PLANT; NONHUMAN; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033523667     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19991004)38:19<2934::AID-ANIE2934>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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