Concise route to (-)- and (+)-aphanorphine

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2230-2234

  Medjahdi, Mohamed ^a   González Gómez, José C ^a   Foubelo, Francisco ^a   Yus, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aminoallylation; 2 Methylpropane 2 sulfinamide; Aphanorphine; Cyclization; Indium; Natural products

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953686260     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201100091     Document Type: Article

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