Synthesis of the tricyclic core structure of vindoline

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 919-921

  Guo, Zihong ^a,b   Schultz, Arthur G ^a  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

1,3 Dipolar cycloaddition; Birch reduction alkylation; Synthesis; Vindoline

Indexed keywords

AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; VINDOLINE;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CYCLOADDITION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0345761344     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2003.11.115     Document Type: Article

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