Total syntheses of (-) epilupinine and (-)-tashiromine using imino-aldol reactions

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3988-3991

  Cutter, Amanda C ^a   Miller, Iain R ^a   Keily, John F ^b   Bellingham, Richard K ^c   Light, Mark E ^a   Brown, Richard C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Prosidion Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-HYDROXYBUTANAL; ALDEHYDE; ALDOL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IMINE; INDOLIZINE DERIVATIVE; LUPININE; SPARTEINE; TASHIROMINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; SYNTHESIS;

ALDEHYDES; CYCLIZATION; IMINES; INDOLIZINES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SPARTEINE;

EID: 79961034481     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol2015048     Document Type: Article

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