Conjugate addition of lithium N -phenyl- N -(α-methylbenzyl)amide: Application to the asymmetric synthesis of (R)-(-)-angustureine

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2544-2547

  Bentley, Scott A ^a   Davies, Stephen G ^a   Lee, James A ^a   Roberts, Paul M ^a   Thomson, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANGUSTUREINE; LITHIUM; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; LITHIUM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; QUINOLINES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 79956160271     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol200625h     Document Type: Article

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