Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of febrifugine and isofebrifugine

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2175-2178

  Kobayashi, Shu ^a,b   Ueno, Masaharu ^a,b   Suzuki, Ritsu ^a,b   Ishitani, Haruro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; FEBRIFUGINE; ISOFEBRIFUGINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DIASTEREOISOMER; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0033548552     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(99)00142-2     Document Type: Article

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