Indoles and Indolizidines

Heterocycles in Natural Product Synthesis

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 221-265

  Bronner, Sarah M ^a   Im, G Yoon J ^a   Garg, Neil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Heterocycles; Indoles; Indolines; Indolizidines; Natural products; Oxindoles; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958801564     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527634880.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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