Studies toward the total synthesis of garsubellin A: A concise synthesis of the 18-epi-tricyclic core

Organic Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 859-962

  Usuda, Hiroyuki ^a   Kanai, Motomu ^a   Shibasaki, Masakatsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; GARSUBELLIN A; LACTONE; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 3-RING; LACTONES; STEREOISOMERISM; TERPENES;

EID: 0037035006     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0255965     Document Type: Article

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