Allocolchicines via intramolecular Nicholas reactions: The synthesis of NSC 51046

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 5505-5508

  Djurdjevic, Sinisa ^a,b   Green, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b St Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION;

COLCHICINE; CYCLIZATION;

EID: 38349093038     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol7024422     Document Type: Article

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