SmI2-Promoted novel tandem elimination and coupling reactions of aliphatic imides with carbonyl compounds: Application to the synthesis of dl-isoretronecanol

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1607-1611

  Kabata, Masayuki ^a   Suzuki, Takamasa ^a   Takabe, Kunihiko ^a   Yoda, Hidemi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Imide; Isoretronecanol; Pyrrolizidine alkaloid; Reductive coupling; SmI2

Indexed keywords

HEMPA; ISORETRONECANOL; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID; SAMARIUM DIIODIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELIMINATION REACTION; REDUCTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 31944434226     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.12.126     Document Type: Article

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