Ring expansion of azetidinium ylides: Rapid access to the pyrrolizidine alkaloids turneforcidine and platynecine

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 2949-2952

  Vanecko, John A ^a   West, F G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZETIDINE DERIVATIVE; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; PLATYNECINE; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID; TURNEFORCIDINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; SYNTHESIS;

AZETIDINES; CYCLIZATION; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 2-RING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS;

EID: 22244445827     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol050915o     Document Type: Article

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