Stereospecific formal total synthesis of ecteinascidin 743

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1754-1759

  Zheng, Shengping ^a   Chan, Collin ^a   Furuuchi, Takȩshi ^a   Wright, Benjamin J D ^a   Zhou, Bishan ^a   Guo, Jinsong ^a   Danishefsky, Samuel J ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitumor agents; Asymmetric synthesis; Natural products; Pictet Spengler reaction; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

ANTITUMOR AGENTS; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; ECTEINASCIDIN 743; ENANTIOPURE; EPOXIDATION; NATURAL PRODUCTS; PICTET-SPENGLER REACTION; TOTAL SYNTHESIS;

AGENTS; EPOXY RESINS; REDUCTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

1,3 DIOXOLANE DERIVATIVE; ALKYLATING AGENT; TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; TRABECTEDIN;

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

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; CATALYSIS; DIOXOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM; TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINES;

EID: 33746299718     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200503983     Document Type: Article

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