General approach to the total synthesis of macroline-related sarpagine and ajmaline alkaloids

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1839-1870

  Edwankar, Chitra R ^a   Edwankar, Rahul V ^a   Rallapalli, Sundari ^a   Cook, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisindoles; Enolate cross coupling; Macroline; Methoxytryptophans; Regiospecific hydroboration; Tollens reaction

Indexed keywords

2 EPIDIACETYLAJMALINE; AJMALINE; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ALSTONERINE; ANHYDROMACROSALHINE METHINE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; DIACETYLAJMALINE; DISPEGATRINE; EMETINE; GLAUCINE; INDOLE ALKALOID; KOUMINE; MACRALSTONINE O ACETATE; MACROCARPAMINE; N A METHYL 16 EPIPERICYCLIVINE; N A METHYL TETRACYCLIC KETONE; N A METHYLVELLOSIMINE; NORMACUSINE; NORSUAVEOLINE; PALLADIUM; RAUMACLINE; SARPAGINE; SPEGATRINE; SUAVEOLINE; TALCARPINE; TALPININE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VELLOSIMINE; VILLALSTONINE;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; CYCLIZATION; DECARBOXYLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HYDROBORATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW;

EID: 70449448857     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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