Formal total synthesis of (-)-emetine using catalytic asymmetric allylation of cyclic imines as a key step

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1295-1297

  Itoh, Takashi ^a   Miyazaki, Michiko ^a   Fukuoka, Hiromi ^a   Nagata, Kazuhiro ^a   Ohsawa, Akio ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMETINE; IMINE;

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

CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; EMETINE; IMINES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33645957099     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0530326     Document Type: Article

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