A convenient entry to new C-7-modified colchicinoids through azide alkyne [3+2] cycloaddition: Application of ring-contractive rearrangements

Heterocycles

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1585-1600

  Nicolaus, Norman ^a   Reball, Jens ^a   Sitnikov, Nikolay ^b   Velder, Janna ^a   Termath, Andreas ^a   Fedorov, Alexey Yu ^b   Schmalz, Hans Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b LOBACHEVSKY STATE UNIVERSITY OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 79952774430     PISSN: 03855414     EISSN: 18810942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3987/COM-10-S(E)117     Document Type: Article

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