Biomimetic synthesis of (±)-pinnatal and (±)-sterekunthal A

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 32, 2003, Pages 9554-9555

  Malerich, Jeremiah P ^a   Trauner, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 NAPHTHOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; PINNATAL; PLANT EXTRACT; STEREKUNTHAL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; NAPHTHOQUINONE;

ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYCLOADDITION; DIELS ALDER REACTION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; X RAY ANALYSIS; BIGNONIACEAE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BIGNONIACEAE; BIOMIMETICS; NAPHTHOQUINONES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0041624435     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja036026i     Document Type: Article

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