The first enantiospecific total synthesis of a C-quaternary voachalotine alkaloid, (+)-dehydrovoachalotine

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 3937-3940

  Yu, Jianming ^a   Wearing, Xiangyu Z ^a   Cook, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

DDQ oxidation; Dehydrovoachalotine; Enantiospecific total synthesis; Indole alkaloid; Quaternary carbon center; Tollens reaction

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; CARBON; INDOLE ALKALOID; METHYL GROUP; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOACHALOTINE ALKALOID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 1942504309     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.03.096     Document Type: Article

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