DMD mediated formal synthesis of (±)-coerulescine

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 797-802

  Suárez Castillo, Oscar R ^a   Meléndez Rodríguez, Myriam ^a   Contreras Martínez, Yaneth M A ^a   Álvarez Hernández, Alejandro ^a   Morales Ríos, Martha S ^b   Joseph Nathan, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coerulescine; Dimethyl dioxirane; Formal synthesis; Oxidative rearrangement; carbolines

Indexed keywords

1' TERT BUTHOXYCARBONYL (1H INDOLE 3,3' PYRROLIDIN) 2 ONE; 1,1' DI TERT BUTHOXYCARBONYL (1H INDOLE 3,3' PYRROLIDIN) 2 ONE; 1,1' DIMETHOXYCARBONYL ((1H INDOLE 3,3' PYRROLIDIN) 2 ONE; 1H INDOLE 3,3' PYRROLIDIN 2 ONE; 2 METHOXYCARBONYL 1,2,3,4 TETRAHYDRO BETA CARBOLINE; 2 METHYL 9 METHOXYCARBONYL 1,2,3,4 TETRAHYDRO BETA CARBOLINE; 2,9 DI TERT BUTHOXYCARBONYL 1,2,3,4 TETRAHYDRO BETA CARBOLINE; 2,9 DIMETHOXYCARBONYL 1,2,3,4 TETRAHYDRO BETA CARBOLINE; BETA CARBOLINE; COERULESCINE; DIMETHYLDIOXIRANE; HORSFILINE; NATURAL PRODUCT; TRYPTOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; EPOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; CARBOLINES; CATALYSIS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 69849089291     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0900400612     Document Type: Article

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