An efficient total synthesis of optically active tetrodotoxin

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 43, Issue 36, 2004, Pages 4782-4785

  Nishikawa, Toshio ^a,b   Urabe, Daisuke ^a   Isobe, Minoru ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Guanidine; Ion channels; Natural products; Tetrodotoxin; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

STRUCTURE ELUCIDATION; SYNTHETIC TARGETS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

GUANIDINE; NATURAL PRODUCT; TETRODOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; ION CHANNEL; OPTICAL ROTATION; SYNTHESIS;

MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 4644371696     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200460293     Document Type: Article

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