A facile asymmetric route to (-)-aphanorphine

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 8268-8271

  Zhai, Hongbin ^a   Luo, Shengjun ^a,b   Ye, Chengfeng ^a   Ma, Yongxiang ^b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; ALKYLATION; BENZENE; FRIEDEL-CRAFTS REACTION;

CYCLIZATION;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

4 METHOXYPHENYLACETALDEHYDE; 8 O METHYLAPHANORPHINE; ACETALDEHYDE; APHANORPHINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; ENANTIOMER; FRIEDEL CRAFTS REACTION; PRODUCTIVITY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOSPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACETALDEHYDE; BRIDGED COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PYRROLES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0142121707     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo0348726     Document Type: Article

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