Total synthesis of potent antifungal marine bisoxazole natural products bengazoles A and B

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 5515-5538

  Bull, James A ^a   Balskus, Emily P ^a   Horan, Richard A J ^a   Langner, Martin ^a   Ley, Steven V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antifungal agents; Cycloaddition; Heterocycles natural products; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; HETEROCYCLES NATURAL PRODUCTS; NATURAL PRODUCTS; POTENT ANTIFUNGAL MARINE BISOXAZOLE; TOTAL SYNTHESIS;

CARBON; CYCLOADDITION; ISOMERS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BENGAZOLE A; OXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXAZOLES; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 34547467756     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200700033     Document Type: Article

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