A concise enantioselective synthesis of antimalarial febrifugine alkaloids

Organic Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 953-955

  Ooi, Hidenori ^a   Urushibara, Ayumi ^a   Esumi, Tomoyuki ^a   Iwabuchi, Yoshiharu ^a   Hatakeyama, Susumi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; FEBRIFUGINE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; QUINAZOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; ANTIMALARIALS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PIPERIDINES; QUINAZOLINES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0035932573     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol015655z     Document Type: Article

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