Preparation of the 4-hydroxytryptamine scaffold via palladium-catalyzed cyclization: A practical and versatile synthesis of psilocin

Organic Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 921-923

  Gathergood, Nicholas ^a,b   Scammells, Peter J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYTRYPATAMINE; ACETYLENE DERIVATIVE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; N TERT BUTOXYCARBONYL 2 IODO 3 METHOXYANILINE; PALLADIUM; PSILOCIN; TRYPTAMINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CYCLIZATION; DEMETHYLATION; DERIVATIZATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0038223924     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0341039     Document Type: Article

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