The first total synthesis of toddaquinoline, an alkaloid from Toddalia asiatica

Tetrahedron

Volumn 57, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 4447-4454

  Harrowven, David C ^a   Nunn, Michael I T ^a   Blumire, Nigel J ^a   Fenwick, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cobalt and its compounds; Natural products; Photochemistry; Polycyclic heterocyclic compounds; Pyridines; Radicals and radical reactions

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; AZASTILBENE; CARBON; COBALT; HALOGEN; PYRIDINE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; RADICAL; TIN; TODDAQUINOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COVALENT BOND; CYCLIZATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035858684     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(01)00336-2     Document Type: Article

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