Total synthesis and absolute configuration of the bisanthraquinone antibiotic BE-43472B

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 3444-3448

  Nicolaou, K C ^a,b   Lim, Yee Hwee ^a,b   Becker, Jochen ^a,b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthraquinones; Antibiotics; Cascade reactions; Diels alder reactions; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE CONFIGURATION; ANTHRAQUINONES; CASCADE REACTIONS; DIELS-ALDER REACTION; DIELS-ALDER REACTIONS; NATURAL PRODUCTS; TOTAL SYNTHESIS;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BE-43472B; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; SYNTHESIS;

ANTHRAQUINONES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION;

EID: 70349977037     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200900058     Document Type: Article

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