Differentiation of nonconventional "carbanions" - The total synthesis of nemorosone and clusianone

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 46, 2007, Pages 8840-8844

  Tsukano, Chihiro ^a   Siegel, Dionicio R ^a   Danishefsky, Samuel J ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbanions; Cyclization; Natural products; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

CARBANIONS; CLUSIANONE; NEMOROSONE;

CYCLIZATION; CYTOTOXICITY; NEGATIVE IONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DRUG PRODUCTS;

BENZOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; BICYCLO COMPOUND; CLUSIANONE; NEMOROSONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; SYNTHESIS;

BENZOPHENONES; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 36749012899     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200703886     Document Type: Article

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