Highly efficient total synthesis of the marine natural products (+)-avarone, (+)-avarol, (-)-neoavarone, (-)-neoavarol and (+)-aureol

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 829-837

  Sakurai, Junji ^a   Oguchi, Takamasa ^a   Watanabe, Kazuhiro ^a   Abe, Hideki ^a   Kanno, Syu Ichi ^a   Ishikawa, Masaaki ^a   Katoh, Tadashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomimetic synthesis; Natural products; Quinones; Rearrangement; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC SYNTHESIS; CYTOTOXIC POTENCY; NATURAL PRODUCTS;

ALKYLATION; CYTOTOXICITY; OXIDATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

AUREOL; AVAROL; AVARONE; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; CYCLOHEXENE DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CYCLOHEXENES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; SESQUITERPENES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 38849168232     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200701386     Document Type: Article

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