Enantioselective access to isoquinuclidines by tropenone desymmetrization and homoallylic radical rearrangement: Synthesis of (+)-ibogamine

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2221-2224

  Hodgson, David M ^a   Galano, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANONE; ALLYL COMPOUND; AMIDE; IBOGAMINE; NITROGEN; TIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; BRIDGED COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; QUINUCLIDINES; STEREOISOMERISM; TABERNAEMONTANA;

EID: 20444471536     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol050627s     Document Type: Article

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