Diastereoselective construction of quaternary carbons directed via macrocyclic ring conformation: Formal synthesis of (-)-mesembrine

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 9314-9322

  Arns, Steve ^a   Lebrun, Marie Eve ^a   Grisé, Christiane M ^a   Denissova, Irina ^a   Barriault, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIASTEREOSELECTIVE CONSTRUCTION; MACROCYCLIC RING CONFORMATION; QUATERNARY CARBONS;

ALKYLATION; CONFORMATIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CARBON;

CARBON; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; MESEMBRINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIASTEREOISOMER; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYLATION; CARBON; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 36649030118     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo701833v     Document Type: Article

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