Nucleophilic addition of 1-acetylindole enolates to pyridinium salts. Stereoselective formal synthesis of (±)-geissoschizine and (±)-akagerine via 1,4-dihydropyridines

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 26, 1999, Pages 9605-9612

  Bennasar, M Lluïsa ^a   Jiménez, Juan Miguel ^a   Vidal, Bernat ^a   Sufi, Bilal A ^a   Bosch, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; GEISSOSCHIZINE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0342614998     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo9911894     Document Type: Article

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