Enantioselective formal synthesis of (+)-dihydrocorynantheine and (-)-dihydrocorynantheol

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1205-1211

  Amat, Mercedes ^a   Gómez Esqué, Arantxa ^a   Escolano, Carmen ^a   Santos, Maria M M ^a   Molins, Elies ^b   Bosch, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUXILIARY GROUPS; CARBONYL GROUPS; CYCLO CONDENSATIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; ENANTIOSELECTIVE CONSTRUCTIONS; FORMAL SYNTHESIS; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; OXINDOLE ALKALOIDS; STEREO-SELECTIVE; STEREOSELECTIVE CYCLIZATION; SUBSTITUTION PATTERNS; TOTAL SYNTHESIS;

METHANOL; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ALDEHYDES;

12 (TERT BUTOXYCARBONYL) 4,6 (EPOXYMETHANO) 3 ETHYL 1,2,3,4,6,7,12,12B OCTAHYDROINDOLO[2,3 A]QUINOLIZINE; ALKALOID; DIHYDROCORYNANTHEINE; DIHYDROCORYNANTHEOL; INDOLO[2,3 A]QUINOLIZIDINE; OXINDOLE; QUINOLIZIDINE DERIVATIVE; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIZATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; RACEMIZATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALKALOIDS; CYCLIZATION; INDOLES; PIPERIDONES; QUINOLIZIDINES; STEREOISOMERISM; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 64549158972     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo802387c     Document Type: Article

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