Studies toward the total synthesis of gymnocin A, a cytotoxic polyether: A highly convergent entry to the F-N ring fragment

Organic Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1747-1750

  Sasaki, Makoto ^a,b   Tsukano, Chihiro ^a   Tachibana, Kazuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; ETHER DERIVATIVE; GYMNOCIN A;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DINOFLAGELLATE; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; ETHERS, CYCLIC; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 0037118329     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol025814u     Document Type: Article

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