A biomimetic approach to the discorhabdin alkaloids: Total syntheses of discorhabdins C and E and dethiadiscorhabdin D

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-22

  Aubart, Kelly Marshall ^a   Heathcock, Clayton H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKADIENE; ALKALOID; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CUPRIC CHLORIDE; DISCORHABDIN C; DISCORHABDIN E; HYDROGEN; IMINE; OXYGEN; PRIANOSIN D; TRIETHYLAMINE; TYRAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033534552     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo9815397     Document Type: Article

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