New protocols for the assembly of the tetracyclic framework associated with the aromatic erythrina alkaloids

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2143-2146

  Stanislawski, Pauline C ^a   Willis, Anthony C ^a   Banwell, Martin G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; ERYTHRINA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; CYCLIZATION; ERYTHRINA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 33744737931     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol060642c     Document Type: Article

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