A facile synthesis of benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids: Oxynitidine and oxysanguinarine using lithiated toluamide-benzonitrile cycloaddition

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2763-2766

  Le, Thanh Nguyen ^a   Gang, Seong Gyoung ^a   Cho, Won Jea ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Benzo c phenanthridine alkaloids; Nitidine; Sanguinarine; Synthesis of natural alkaloids

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; AMIDE; BENZONITRILE; NITIDINE; PHENANTHRIDINE DERIVATIVE; SANGUINARINE;

AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOADDITION; DRUG SYNTHESIS;

EID: 1542358714     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.02.031     Document Type: Article

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