Total synthesis of (-)-ephedradine A: An efficient construction of optically active dihydrobenzofuran-ring via C-H insertion reaction

Tetrahedron

Volumn 60, Issue 43 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 9615-9628

  Kurosawa, Wataru ^a   Kobayashi, Hideki ^a   Kan, Toshiyuki ^a   Fukuyama, Tohru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric C H insertion reaction; Aza Wittig reaction; Dihydrobenzofuran ring; Macrocyclization; Ns strategy

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRADINE A; SPERMINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHARPLESS ASYMMETRIC AMINOHYDROXYLATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; WITTIG REACTION;

INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 4644356807     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2004.06.144     Document Type: Conference Paper

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