Syntheses of brostallicin starting from distamycin A

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 41, 2002, Pages 7323-7327

  Beria, Italo ^a   Nesi, Marcella ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brostallicin; Curtius rearrangement; Diphenyl phosphorazidate; Distamycin A; Minor groove binders

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BROSTALLICIN; DISTAMYCIN A; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CURTIUS REARRANGEMENT; DRUG HYDROLYSIS; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EVAPORATION; FILTRATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; RING OPENING;

EID: 0037037839     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(02)01733-1     Document Type: Article

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