Synthetic and theoretical investigations of myrmicarin biosynthesis

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 50, 2010, Pages 9693-9698

  Snyder, Scott A ^a   Elsohly, Adel M ^a   Kontes, Ferenc ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

dienamines; iminium ion; Knorr pyrrole synthesis; myrmicarins; total synthesis

Indexed keywords

DIENAMINES; IMINIUM; KNORR PYRROLE SYNTHESIS; MYRMICARINS; TOTAL SYNTHESIS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMIMETICS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OLIGOMERS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

IONS;

ALKALOID; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; MYRMICARIN;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOMIMETICS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 3-RING;

EID: 78650127882     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201005825     Document Type: Article

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