Total synthesis of azadirachtin - Finally completed after 22 years

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-37

  Jauch, Johann ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azadirachtin; Claisen rearrangement; Natural products; Sigmatropic rearrangement; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AZADIRACHTIN; NATURAL PRODUCTS; SIGMATROPIC REARRANGEMENT;

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS;

AZADIRACHTIN; LIMONOID;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; REVIEW; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AZADIRACHTA; CYCLIZATION; LIMONINS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 37549043600     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200703814     Document Type: Review

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