Synthesis of marine polycyclic polyethers via endo-selective epoxide-opening cascades

Marine Drugs

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 763-809

  Vilotijevic, Ivan ^a   Jamison, Timothy F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomimetic synthesis; Epoxide opening cascades; Marine polyethers

Indexed keywords

ABUDINOL B; ALPHA,BETA EPOXYSULFONE DERIVATIVE; APLYSIOL B; ARMATOL A; BREVETOXIN B; BREVISAMIDE; BREVISIN; CIGUATOXIN CTX3C; DEHYDROVENUSTATRIOL; DIOXEPANDEHYDROTHYRSIFEROL; ENSHUOL; EPOXIDE; EPOXYSILANE DERIVATIVE; GAMBIEROL; GLABRESCOL; GYMNOCIN B; HEMIBREVETOXIN B; NATURAL PRODUCT; OMAEZAKIANOL; OXASQUALENOID; OXEPANE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC POLYETHER; POLYETHER DERIVATIVE; PREDEHYDROVENUSTATRIOL ACETATE; SILANE DERIVATIVE; SULFONE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROPYRAN DERIVATIVE; THYRSIFEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; YESSOTOXIN; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; ETHER DERIVATIVE; PYRAN DERIVATIVE;

BIOMIMETICS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CYCLIZATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; EUKARYOTE; MARINE BIOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT; SPONGE (PORIFERA); SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; ETHERS; EUKARYOTA; MARINE BIOLOGY; PLANTS; PORIFERA; PYRANS;

EID: 77952513950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md8030763     Document Type: Review

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