Syntheses of serotonin, N-methylserotonin, bufotenine, and melatonin, and the first total synthesis of N-(Indol-3-YL)methyl-N-methyl-5-methoxytryptamine from tryptamine through a common intermediate, 1-hydroxytryptamine

Heterocycles

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-94

  Somci, Masanori ^a   Yamada, Fumio ^a   Morikawa, Harunobu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 33645669474     PISSN: 03855414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3987/com-97-s33     Document Type: Article

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