Application of thiol-olefin co-oxygenation methodology to a new synthesis of the 1,2,4-trioxane pharmacophore

Organic Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 3035-3038

  O'Neill, Paul M ^a   Mukhtar, Amira ^a   Ward, Stephen A ^b   Bickley, Jamie F ^a   Davies, Jill ^b   Bachi, Mario D ^c   Stocks, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2,4 TRIOXANE DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL; ALKENE; ALLYL COMPOUND; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMISIN; CHLOROQUINE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; PEROXIDE; THIOL;

ARTICLE; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; OXYGENATION; PHARMACOPHORE; POLYMERIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

ALKENES; ANTIMALARIALS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 4544268106     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0492142     Document Type: Article

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