Intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions of oxazole-olefins: synthesis of the Rauwolfia alkaloids suaveoline and norsuaveoline

Tetrahedron

Volumn 63, Issue 41, 2007, Pages 10337-10344

  Ohba, Masashi ^a   Natsutani, Itaru ^a   Sakuma, Takashi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Diels Alder reaction; Indole alkaloids; Oxazoles

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; NORSUAVEOLINE; OXAZOLE; RAUWOLFIA ALKALOID; SUAVEOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIELS ALDER REACTION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; METHYLATION; PICTET SPENGLER REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALNUS; RAUVOLFIA;

EID: 34548200790     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2007.07.070     Document Type: Article

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