Approach to the homoerythrina alkaloids using a tandem N-alkylation/ azomethine ylide cycloaddition

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4135-4148

  Pearson, William H ^a,b   Kropf, Jeffrey E ^a   Choy, Allison L ^a   Ill, Young Lee ^a   Kampf, Jeff W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Berry and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOADDITION PRECURSORS; HOMOERYTHRINA ALKALOIDS; INTRAMOLECULAR AZOMETHINE;

CYCLOADDITION; HEATING; KETONES;

AMINES;

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ALKYNE; AZOMETHINE YLIDE; HOMOERYTHRINA ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; KETONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOADDITION; OXIDATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; ALKYLATION; AMINES; AZO COMPOUNDS; CYCLIZATION; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS WITH 4 OR MORE RINGS; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; THIOSEMICARBAZONES;

EID: 34249803320     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo0703799     Document Type: Article

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