Synthesis of strychnine

Chemical Reviews

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 3455-3482

  Bonjoch, Josep ^a   Solé, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; ATOMS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CONFORMATIONS; ENZYMES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TOXICITY;

ORGANIC SYNTHESIS; STRYCHNINE; STRYCHNOS ALKALOIDS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0034273688     PISSN: 00092665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cr9902547     Document Type: Article

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