First total synthesis of the marine alkaloids (±)-fasicularin and (±)- lepadiformine based on stereocontrolled intramolecular acylnitroso-Diels- Alder reaction

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 122, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 4583-4592

  Abe, Hideki ^a   Aoyagi, Sakae ^a   Kibayashi, Chihiro ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; FASICULARIN; LEPADIFORMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0034679048     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9939284     Document Type: Article

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