General access to tacamine and vinca-eburna alkaloids through tandem non-biomimetic oxidation of dihydropyridines/Zn-mediated radical addition processes - Unexpected facial selectivity of flattened cyclohexyl-type radicals

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 19, 2001, Pages 3719-3729

  Lavilla, Rodolfo ^a   Coll, Oscar ^a   Bosch, Joan ^a   Orozco, Modesto ^a   Luque, F Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Dihydropyridines; Nitrogen heterocycles; Radical reactions; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXYLAMINE; DIHYDROPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; EBURAMONINE; NATURAL PRODUCT; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; TACAMONINE; TECAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCA ALKALOID; VINCAMINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CYCLIZATION; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; OXIDATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0034786989     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0690(200110)2001:19<3719::AID-EJOC3719>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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