Total synthesis of (+)-isomigrastatin

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 29, 2007, Pages 5576-5579

  Krauss, Isaac J ^a   Mandal, Mihirbaran ^c   Danishefsky, Samuel J ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Inhibitors; Isomerization; Metathesis; Natural products; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

METATHESIS; NATURAL PRODUCTS; TOTAL SYNTHESIS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL BONDS; HYDROLYSIS; ISOMERIZATION;

PROTEINS;

ISOMIGRASTATIN; LACTONE; MACROLIDE; PIPERIDONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ISOMERISM; LACTONES; MACROLIDES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PIPERIDONES;

EID: 34547183333     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200701837     Document Type: Article

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