A formal asymmetric synthesis of (+)-anatoxin-a using an enantioselective deprotonation strategy on an eight-membered ring

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 38, Issue 13-14, 1999, Pages 1985-1986

  Aggarwal, Varinder K ^a   Humphries, Paul S ^a   Fenwick, Ashley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatoxin; Enantioselective deprotonation; Natural products; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

ANATOXIN A;

ARTICLE; ENANTIOMER; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033549543     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19990712)38:13/14<1985::aid-anie1985>3.0.co;2-7     Document Type: Article

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