Total syntheses of the Strychnos indole alkaloids (-)-tubifoline, (-)-tubifolidine, and (-)-19,20-dihydroakuammicine

Tetrahedron Asymmetry

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 935-948

  Amat, Mercedes ^a   Coll, M Dolors ^a   Bosch, Joan ^a   Espinosa, Enric ^b   Molins, Elies ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

19,20 DIHYDROAKUAMMICINE; INDOLE ALKALOID; TUBIFOLIDINE; TUBIFOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOMER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0343852937     PISSN: 09574166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-4166(97)00071-2     Document Type: Article

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