Enantioselective total synthesis of (-)-strychnine: Development of a highly practical catalytic asymmetric carbon-carbon bond formation and domino cyclization

Tetrahedron

Volumn 60, Issue 43 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 9569-9588

  Ohshima, Takashi ^a   Xu, Youjun ^a   Takita, Ryo ^a   Shibasaki, Masakatsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

( ) Strychnine; Catalytic asymmetric Michael reaction; Domino cyclization; Enantioselective total synthesis

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; CARBON; IMINE; LEWIS ACID; STRYCHNINE;

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYCLIZATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; MICHAEL ADDITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; RING OPENING; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

STRYCHNOS; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA;

EID: 4544269722     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2004.06.141     Document Type: Conference Paper

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