Total Syntheses of Variolin B and Deoxyvariolin B1

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 26, 2003, Pages 10020-10029

  Ahaidar, Abderaouf ^a   Fernández, David ^a   Danelón, Gerardo ^a   Cuevas, Carmen ^b   Manzanares, Ignacio ^b   Albericio, Fernando ^a   Joule, John A ^c   Álvarez, Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b PHARMAMAR S A   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; PALLADIUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CROSS COUPLING REACTIONS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; DEOXYVARIOLIN B; PALLADIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIOLIN B;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALKALOIDS; AZA COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; PALLADIUM; PYRIMIDINES;

EID: 0347623391     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo035332b     Document Type: Article

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