A chemoenzymatic total synthesis of the structure assigned to the alkaloid (+)-montabuphine

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 4693-4696

  Matveenko, Maria ^a   Banwell, Martin G ^a   Willis, Anthony C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; AMARYLLIDACEAE ALKALOID; ENZYME; MONTABUPHINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; AMARYLLIDACEAE ALKALOIDS; ENZYMES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 58149173852     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol801815k     Document Type: Article

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