Formal enantioselective synthesis of (+)-vincamine. The first enantioselective route to (+)-3,14-epivincamine and its enantiomer

Tetrahedron Asymmetry

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 297-306

  Alves, José C F ^a   Simas, Alessandro B C ^a   Costa, Paulo R R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ETHYL 2 (2 METHOXYCARBONYLETHYL)CYCLOPENTANONE; 2 ETHYLCYCLOPENTANONE; 3,14 EPIVINCAMINE; ACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ALPHA METHYLBENZYLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCAMINE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; ENANTIOMER; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN RELEASE; SYNTHESIS; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0033613890     PISSN: 09574166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-4166(98)00489-3     Document Type: Article

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