Total synthesis of guanacastepene A: A route to enantiomeric control

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 10619-10637

  Mandal, Mihirbaran ^a   Yun, Heedong ^b   Dudley, Gregory B ^c   Lin, Songnian ^d   Tan, Derek S ^a   Danishefsky, Samuel J ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CONDENSATION; KETONES; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ENANTIOMERS; INTRAMOLECULAR BONDS; PROPENSITY; UNSATURATED KETONES;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

2 METHYLCYCLOPENTENONE; 5,7 HYDRAZULENONE DERIVATIVE; AZULENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; COPPER DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTENONE DERIVATIVE; DITERPENOID; EPOXIDE; FUSED ALICYCLIC COMPOUND; GUANACASTEPENE A; ISOPRENYL CUPRATE; KETONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETOXYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CYCLIZATION; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; KNOEVENAGEL CONDENSATION; OPTICAL ROTATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DITERPENES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 29944441120     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo051470k     Document Type: Article

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