A Concise and Flexible Total Synthesis of (-)-Diazonamide A

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 42, Issue 40, 2003, Pages 4961-4966

  Burgett, Anthony W G ^a   Li, Qingyi ^a   Wei, Qi ^a   Harran, Patrick G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimitotic agents; Natural products; Oxidation; Photochemistry; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDES; PROTEINS;

TRIPEPTIDES;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DIAZONAMIDE A; NATURAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MITOSIS; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS WITH 4 OR MORE RINGS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXAZOLES;

EID: 0242323632     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200352577     Document Type: Article

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