Cycloaddition reactions of imines with 3-thiosuccinic anhydrides: Synthesis of the tricyclic core of martinellic acid

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 3999-4002

  Ng, Pui Yee ^a   Masse, Craig E ^a,b   Shaw, Jared T ^a  

^a BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID ANHYDRIDE; IMINE; MARTINELLIC ACID; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ANHYDRIDES; IMINES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PYRROLES; QUINOLINES;

EID: 33748936678     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol061473z     Document Type: Article

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