Recent developments in the construction of trans-fused polycyclic ethers

Current Opinion in Drug Discovery and Development

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 986-999

  Evans, P Andrew ^a   Delouvrié, Bénédicte ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annulations; Brevetoxin A; Cascade cyclizations; Ciguatoxin; Gambieric acids; Gambierol; Iteration; Nicholas reaction; Polycyclic ethers; Radical cyclizations; Reductive etherification; Ring closing metathesis; Suzuki cross coupling; Yessotoxin

Indexed keywords

BREVETOXIN; CIGUATOXIN; ETHER DERIVATIVE; GAMBIERIC ACID; GAMBIEROL; NATURAL PRODUCT; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YESSOTOXIN;

CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; METHODOLOGY; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; REVIEW; RING CLOSING METATHESIS; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ETHERS; HUMANS; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 0036869699     PISSN: 13676733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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