Studies towards the synthesis of diazonamide A. Unexpected formation of a 3,4-bridged indole

Journal of the Chemical Society - Perkin Transactions 1

Volumn , Issue 16, 1997, Pages 2413-2419

  Moody, Christopher J ^a,c   Doyle, Kevin J ^a   Elliott, Mark C ^a,d   Mowlem, Timothy J ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Shell Research Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33748670798     PISSN: 0300922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a700684e     Document Type: Article

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