Total synthesis of (-)-agelastatin A

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 5457-5460

  Yoshimitsu, Takehiko ^a   Ino, Tatsunori ^a   Tanaka, Tetsuaki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGELASTATIN A; ALKALOID; IMIDAZOLE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; KETONE; LACTAM; NITROGEN; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; CYCLIZATION; IMIDAZOLES; KETONES; LACTAMS; NITROGEN; OXAZOLIDINONES;

EID: 61349122654     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol802225g     Document Type: Article

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