Total synthesis of suaveoline and norsuaveoline via intramolecular oxazole-olefin Diels-Alder reaction

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 34, 2004, Pages 6471-6474

  Ohba, Masashi ^a   Natsutani, Itaru ^a   Sakuma, Takashi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Amino acids and derivatives; Diels Alder reactions; Indoles; Oxazoles

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; INDOLE ALKALOID; METHYL GROUP; NORSUAVEOLINE; OXAZOLE; RAUWOLFIA ALKALOID; SUAVEOLINE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DIELS ALDER REACTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

BETULACEAE; RAUVOLFIA;

EID: 4143076856     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.06.108     Document Type: Article

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