Concise total synthesis of (-)-calycanthine, (+)-chimonanthine, and (+)-folicanthine

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 3725-3728

  Movassaghi, Mohammad ^a   Schmidt, Michael A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Dimerization; Enantioselectivity; Indoles; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

ALKALOIDS; INDOLES; STEREOCENTERS; TOTAL SYNTHESIS;

BIOSYNTHESIS; DIMERIZATION; DIMERS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

CALYCANTHINE; CHIMONANTHINE; FOLICANTHINE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

INDOLES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NAPHTHYRIDINES; PYRROLES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 34250811388     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200700705     Document Type: Article

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