Novel entry to the Ergot alkaloids via ring closing metathesis

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1635-1638

  Lee, Katherine L ^a   Goh, Jane Betty ^a   Martin, Stephen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Heck reaction; Organometallic; Ring closing metathesis

Indexed keywords

ERGOLINE DERIVATIVE; ERGOT ALKALOID; LYSERGIC ACID; LYSERGINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0035951945     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(01)00002-8     Document Type: Article

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