Total synthesis of (-)-huperzine A

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 5354-5356

  Koshiba, Takahiro ^a   Yokoshima, Satoshi ^a   Fukuyama, Tohru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUPERZINE A; SESQUITERPENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CYCLIZATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SESQUITERPENES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 70749110705     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol9022408     Document Type: Article

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