Syntheses of the Stemona alkaloids (±)-stenine, (±)- neostenine, and (±)-13-epineostenine using a stereodivergent Diels-Alder/azido-Schmidt reaction

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 6018-6024

  Frankowski, Kevin J ^a   Golden, Jennifer E ^a   Zeng, Yibin ^a   Lei, Yao ^a   Aubé, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOSYNTHESIS; REACTION KINETICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SUBSTRATES;

ALKALOIDS; DIENOPHILE COMBINATION; INTRAMOLECULAR VARIATIONS;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

ALKADIENE; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DIELS ALDER REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; STEMONACEAE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 42949134332     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja800574m     Document Type: Article

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