Concise Enantioselective Synthesis of 3,5-Dialkyl-Substituted Indolizidine Alkaloids via Sequential Cross-Metathesis - Double-Reductive Cyclization

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 8879-8882

  Randl, Stefan ^a   Blechert, Siegfried ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS;

HYDROGENATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALKYL GROUP; INDOLIZIDINE ALKALOID; KETONE; NATURAL PRODUCT;

AMINATION; ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CYCLIZATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROGENATION; RING CLOSING METATHESIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; INDOLIZINES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0242660858     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo0346095     Document Type: Article

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