Novel [1,5] sigmatropic rearrangements of cyclohexadienones generated from fischer carbene complexes. A new strategy for installing the C-20 angular ethyl group in aspidospermidine alkaloids

Organic Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 161-164

  Quinn, John F ^a   Bos, Mary Ellen ^a   Wulff, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CYCLOHEXANONE DERIVATIVE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; PLANT; SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; ALKYLATION; CYCLOHEXANONES; PLANTS;

EID: 0033564997     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol990063q     Document Type: Article

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