Total synthesis of the tetracyclic sesquiterpene (±)-punctaporonin C

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 33, 2008, Pages 6189-6191

  Fleck, Martin ^a   Bach, Thorsten ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Naturalproducts; Photochemistry; Regioselectivity; Terpenoids; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

NATURALPRODUCTS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REGIOSELECTIVITY; TERPENOIDS; TOTAL SYNTHESIS;

RAW MATERIALS;

PUNCTAPORONIN C; SESQUITERPENE;

ARTICLE; METABOLISM; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS; XYLARIALES;

SESQUITERPENES; STEREOISOMERISM; XYLARIALES;

EID: 51649086184     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200801534     Document Type: Article

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