Cycloaddition protocol for the assembly of the hexacyclic framework associated with the kopsifoline alkaloids

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 5141-5144

  Hong, Xuechuan ^a   France, Stefan ^a   Mejía Oneto, José M ^a   Padwa, Albert ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

RAUWOLFIA ALKALOID; RHODIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RHODIUM; SECOLOGANIN TRYPTAMINE ALKALOIDS;

EID: 33750908572     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol062029z     Document Type: Article

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