Total synthesis of (+)-fawcettimine

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 40, 2007, Pages 7671-7673

  Linghu, Xin ^a   Kennedy Smith, Joshua J ^a   Toste, F Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

(+) fawcettimine; Alkaloids; Cyclization; Gold; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

ALKALOIDS; FAWCETTIMINES;

CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; GOLD; METAL COMPLEXES; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY ANALYSIS;

AMINES;

ALKALOID; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; FAWCETTIMINE; IMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; METHYLATION; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALKALOIDS; CATALYSIS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYCLIZATION; IMINES; METHYLATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 35048843654     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200702695     Document Type: Article

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