First, atropo-enantioselective total synthesis of the axially chiral phenylanthraquinone natural products knipholone and 6′-O-methylknipholone

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1687-1690

  Bringmann, Gerhard ^a   Menche, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atropisomerism; Enantiomer resolution; Natural products; Quinones; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; ESTERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

INTRAMOLECULAR COUPLING;

KETONES;

6' O METHYLKNIPHOLONE; ANTHRAQUINONE; KNIPHOLONE; NATURAL PRODUCT; PHENYLANTHRAQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CHIRALITY; DIMERIZATION; ENANTIOMER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; OPTICAL ROTATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0035805364     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3773(20010504)40:9<1687::AID-ANIE16870>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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