Highlights in steroid chemistry: Total synthesis versus semisynthesis

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 49, 2008, Pages 9389-9391

  Nising, Carl F ^a   Bräse, Stefan ^b  

^a BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortistatin A; Natural products; Semisynthesis; Steroids; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; LIPIDS;

CORTISTATIN A; NATURAL PRODUCTS; SEMISYNTHESIS; STEROIDS; TOTAL SYNTHESIS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; CORTISTATIN A; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON; STEROID;

CHEMISTRY; SHORT SURVEY; SYNTHESIS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; ISOQUINOLINES; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; STEROIDS;

EID: 56749095304     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200803720     Document Type: Short Survey

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