A biosynthetic proposal for ring formation in the antitumor agent halichomycin. Asymmetric synthesis of the AB-carbon backbone of halichomycin

Organic Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 897-900

  Hale, Karl J ^a   Dimopoulos, Paschalis ^a   Cheung, Maxine L F ^a   Frigerio, Mark ^a   Steed, Jonathan W ^b   Levett, Philip C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBON; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; HALICHOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; SYNTHESIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARBON; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS WITH 4 OR MORE RINGS;

EID: 0037149686     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol017266a     Document Type: Article

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