A chemoenzymatic total synthesis of (+)-amabiline

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3160-3162

  Findlay, Alison D ^a   Banwell, Martin G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMABILINE; AMARYLLIDACEAE ALKALOID; CRININE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AMARYLLIDACEAE ALKALOIDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 67650296165     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol901230w     Document Type: Article

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