Synthesis of the tricyclic core of colchicine via a dienyne tandem ring-closing metathesis reaction

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2293-2295

  Boyer, François Didier ^a   Hanna, Issam ^b  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE SYNTHÈSE ORGANIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYNE; COLCHICINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYNES; COLCHICINE; CYCLIZATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 34250816255     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol070708j     Document Type: Article

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