Evolution of a gram-scale synthesis of (+)-discodermolide

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 122, Issue 36, 2000, Pages 8654-8664

  Smith, Amos B ^a   Beauchamp, Thomas J ^a   Lamarche, Matthew J ^a   Kaufman, Michael D ^a   Qiu, Yuping ^a   Arimoto, Hirokazu ^a   Jones, David R ^a   Kobayashi, Kaoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; DISCODERMOLIDE; PHOSPHONIUM DERIVATIVE;

BINDING AFFINITY; CELL GROWTH; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; MITOGENESIS; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0034644383     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0015287     Document Type: Review

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