A novel [2 + 2] photodimerization of N-[(E)-3,4-methylenedioxycinnamoyl]dopamine in the solid state

Organic Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 2411-2413

  Ito, Yoshikatsu ^a   Horie, Souta ^a   Shindo, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DOPAMINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; N (3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYCINNAMOYL)DOPAMINE; N-(3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYCINNAMOYL)DOPAMINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CINNAMATES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; DOPAMINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0035954871     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0162419     Document Type: Article

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