Enantioselective total synthesis of tricyclic myrmicarin alkaloids

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 4423-4426

  Movassaghi, Mohammad ^a   Ondrus, Alison E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; MYRMICARIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; CYCLIZATION; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 3-RING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 26444462446     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol051629f     Document Type: Article

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