The total synthesis of eleutherobin

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 28, 1999, Pages 6563-6579

  Chen, Xiao Tao ^a   Bhattacharya, Samit K ^a   Zhou, Bishan ^a   Gutteridge, Clare E ^a,c   Pettus, Thomas R R ^a   Danishefsky, Samuel J ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCODERMOLIDE; ELEUTEROBIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; PACLITAXEL; SARCODICTYIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIZATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; OXIDATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0033591877     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja990215c     Document Type: Article

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