A formal synthesis of (-)-cephalotaxine

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3045-3048

  Esmieu, William R ^a   Worden, Stephen M ^a   Catterick, David ^b   Wilson, Claire ^a   Hayes, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CEPHALOTAXINE; HARRINGTONINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CYCLIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALKALOIDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYCLIZATION; HARRINGTONINES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 52049089725     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol8010166     Document Type: Article

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