A general and efficient strategy for 7-aryloctahydroindole and cis-3a-aryloctahydroindole alkaloids: Total syntheses of (±)-γ- lycorane and (±)-crinane

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 6523-6525

  Gao, Shuanhu ^a   Tu, Yong Qiang ^a   Song, Zhenlei ^a   Wang, Aixia ^a   Fan, Xiaohui ^a   Jiang, Yijun ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; ETHYLENE; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMICS;

ALKALOID COMPOUNDS; BUILDING BLOCKS; LITHIUM ENOLATES; NITROETHYLENE;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

CRINANE; GAMMA LYCORANE; INDOLE ALKALOID; KETONE; LITHIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; KINETICS; MICHAEL ADDITION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMARYLLIDACEAE ALKALOIDS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; INDOLES; KINETICS; LITHIUM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 23044462094     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo0507690     Document Type: Article

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