Total synthesis of the tricyclic marine alkaloids (-)-lepadiformine, (+)-cylindricine C, and (-)-fasicularin via a common intermediate formed by formic acid-induced intramolecular conjugate azaspirocyclization

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1473-1480

  Abe, Hideki ^a   Aoyagi, Sakae ^a   Kibayashi, Chihiro ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; KETONES; MARINE BIOLOGY; REACTION KINETICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

FORMIC ACIDS; KETOAMIDE 6; MARINE ALKALOIDS; SPIROCYCLYZATION;

AMINES;

2 PYRROLIDONE DERIVATIVE; ALKALOID; AMIDE; AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; CYLINDRICINE C; FASICULARIN; FORMIC ACID; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LEPADIFORMINE; SPIRO COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; CYCLIZATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; CYCLIZATION; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 3-RING; QUINOLONES; STEREOISOMERISM; THIOCYANATES; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 13444249603     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja040213e     Document Type: Article

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