Synthetic explorations in the saframycin-ecteinascidin series: Construction of major chiral subunits through catalytic asymmetric induction

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 2039-2042

  Zhou, Bishan ^a   Edmondson, Scott ^a   Padron, Juan ^a   Danishefsky, Samuel J ^a,b  

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

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SAFRAMYCIN; SAFRAMYCIN A; SAFRAMYCIN B; TRABECTEDIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHIRALITY; CYCLIZATION; DRUG HYDROXYLATION; ENANTIOMER; EPOXIDATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0034719739     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)00105-2     Document Type: Article

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