Synthetic studies on erythrina alkaloids: Formal total synthesis of (+)-3-demethoxyerythratidinone

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1282-1292

  Moon, Jong Taik ^a   Jung, Jin Ah ^a   Ha, Sung Hoon ^a   Song, Sung Ho ^a   Park, Sung Jun ^a   Kim, Jungahn ^a   Choo, Dong Joon ^a   Lee, Yong Sup ^a   Lee, Jae Yeol ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Erythrina alkaloid; formal total synthesis; N acyliminium cyclization

Indexed keywords

3 DEMETHOXYERYTHRATIDINONE; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ERYTHRINA ALKALOID; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; MALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CHIRALITY; CYCLIZATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 79953655989     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2010.481748     Document Type: Article

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