New access to indolizidine and pyrrolizidine alkaloids from an enantiopure proline: Total syntheses of (-)-lentiginosine and (1R,2R,7aR)- dihydroxypyrrolizidine

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 5592-5597

  Angle, Steven R ^a,b   Bensa, David ^a   Belanger, Dominique S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROXYPROLINE BENZYL ESTER; INDOLIZIDINE; PYRROLIZIDINE;

ALCOHOLS; ESTERS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

1,2,7A DIHYDROXYPYRROLIZIDINE; DI O ISOPROPYLIDENE MANNITOL; DIHYDROXYPROLINE BENZYL ESTER; INDOLIZIDINE ALKALOID; LENTIGINOSINE; MANNITOL; PROLINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS; ASTRAGALUS LENTIGINOSUS; ENANTIOMER; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; PROLINE; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 34547101686     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo070462w     Document Type: Article

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