A new total synthesis of the marine tunicate alkaloid lepadiformine

Organic Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 3507-3510

  Sun, Pu ^a   Sun, Cuixiang ^a   Weinreb, Steven M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; LEPADIFORMINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; SYNTHESIS; UROCHORDATA; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYCLIZATION; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0035513471     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol010179y     Document Type: Article

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