A stereoselective synthesis of digitoxin and digitoxigen mono- and bisdigitoxoside from digitoxigenin via a palladium-catalyzed glycosylation

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 4339-4342

  Zhou, Maoquan ^a   O'Doherty, George A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITOXIGEN BISDIGITOXOSIDE; DIGITOXIGENIN; DIGITOXIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; GLYCOSYLATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; DIGITOXIGENIN; DIGITOXIN; GLYCOSYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PALLADIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33749022998     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol061683b     Document Type: Article

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