Lepadiformine: A case study of the value of total synthesis in natural product structure elucidation

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-65

  Weinreb, Steven M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; LEPADIFORMINE; NATURAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OXIDATION; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; UROCHORDATA; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0037241493     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar0200403     Document Type: Article

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