A tandem prins/schmidt reaction approach to marine alkaloids: Formal and total syntheses of lepadiformines A and C

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1244-1247

  Meyer, Angelica M ^a   Katz, Christopher E ^a   Li, Sze Wan ^a   Velde, David Vander ^a   Aubé, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; LEPADIFORMINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 77949820579     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol100113r     Document Type: Article

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